Maybe da Vinci didn’t serve lamb in his painting of the Last Supper, but there was room for interpretation. Jesus himself was the lamb led to the slaughter. — Monica Drake Copy Share Image
“I asked the cardiologist why an electrocardiogram was called an EKG, instead of an ECG. He said, "Nazis. Nazis invented the machine." After he… — Monica Drake Copy Share Image
In the middle of a wrist's suicide slash-line, below the layered skin and above the pulse, there's an acupuncture point that says, “Get back… — Monica Drake Copy Share Image
“I whispered, "Do you have a rubber?" He laughed, hushed, a laughing whisper, as though his parents were in the next room, and reached one arm past my head to a nightstand there. "A rubber chicken." He shook the dancing chicken in the air. "Will that do?" I laughed back, ran a finger along the bumps of the fake chicken… — Monica Drake Copy Share
“The day Travis met Lu he was in his best suit—dark blue, pinstripes, a necktie. Women his age would see right through his sweat… — Monica Drake Copy Share Image
To read 'Happy Talk' is to crash a party as vivid and surreal as Felini's 8. It's the business of show business, the American… — Monica Drake Copy Share Image
In the middle of a wrist's suicide slash-line, below the layered skin and above the pulse, there's an acupuncture point that says, Get back… — Monica Drake Copy Share Image
“Which on am I?" I drew my left eyebrow in a high, puzzled arch. "Which what?" Crack reached for her makeup kit. "Bottom or… — Monica Drake Copy Share Image
The Buddhists say if you meet somebody and your heart pounds, your hands shake, your knees go weak, that’s not the one. When you… — Monica Drake Copy Share Image
“She didn’t call. That was good. If she called, she’d have a chance to cancel.” — Monica Drake Copy Share Image
“Buying kids booze was against the law but hell, it wasn’t the worst thing he’d done. After that, it turned into a thing—they’d see… — Monica Drake Copy Share Image
“Playing Frisbee gave Sean permission to look at Lu, across a short distance. He didn’t have to feel stupid for staring.” — Monica Drake Copy Share Image
