“I mean it,' he said. 'I love your nose.' Love. He'd said it. Though only for her nose ... Her eyes grew larger, wider behind her eyeglasses. She looked afraid, yet full of hope. She was dying to believe him… — Judith Ivory Copy Share Image
“I can't protect you from mean people, because they're everywhere, but I would be nice. That much, I can promise." "Fine," she said. "If… — Judith Ivory Copy Share
“She went about that afternoon looking under sheep like a pervert, happy with all the dark, purple-pink tissue at their hindquarters. New lambs in… — Judith Ivory Copy Share
“The sensation wasn't repellent, though she had believed somewhere it would be. Someone had left her with that impression, but, whoever they were, they… — Judith Ivory Copy Share
“Everyone grew still, exactly as she'd asked. The little thing skittered around feet, visible one moment, lost the next. A man near Mick -… — Judith Ivory Copy Share
“You had no right." Oh, yes, he did. He suggested, "Why don't you write that down. Put it in my handwriting. Perhaps I'll chance… — Judith Ivory Copy Share
“The ferret didn't matter. Because there was something about Mick that wasn't a fake anything. And Winnie herself felt more real somehow, running around,… — Judith Ivory Copy Share
“I mean it,' he said. 'I love your nose.' Love. He'd said it. Though only for her nose ... Her eyes grew larger, wider… — Judith Ivory Copy Share
“Yey more and more there seemed a bevy of things she was not supposed to think about and by virtue of trying not to,… — Judith Ivory Copy Share
“But you are lucky. You are going to live. The one ball that might have killed you just pushed your intestines aside - like… — Judith Ivory Copy Share
“A harem," she murmured into his neck and laughed at last at the notion. "I can't believe you had a harem. You are hilarious,… — Judith Ivory Copy Share
“Tied up a lot of women, have you?" He raised one eyebrow, whatever that meant. "A bit odd, are you?" She was being sarcastic,… — Judith Ivory Copy Share
“This way to the widge. Edwin started. Heavens! Up till now, she realized, she had carefully avoided forming in her mind any word for… — Judith Ivory Copy Share
“On the roof, on the duvet under the steam vent, with the planets overhead, he let her scream all she wished. She screamed into… — Judith Ivory Copy Share
