“I wished my mother was here tonight, which is stupid, because it’s an impossible wish.” He shrugs and turns to me, drowning the smile that cracks me every time. “It’s not stupid to want to see her again.” “It wasn’t… — Katja Millay Copy Share Image
“I wished that my hand would work again," I tell him when he climbs in after me. it was my first wish and the only one that mattered. "I wished my mother was here tonight, which is stupid, because it's… — Katja Millay Copy Share Image
“So, you actually cooked tonight?" He regards me skeptically. I snort. Because snorting is attractive.” — Katja Millay Copy Share
“I doubt taking in a sullen, bitter, teenage girl with more issues than National Geographic is at the center of the vision board for… — Katja Millay Copy Share
“She's grateful for what she was born with. She should be. It's an awesome face, a perfect face, an ethereal face. The kind people… — Katja Millay Copy Share
“You know I meant it. I am human. And male. And not remotely blind. Do you want me to say it again? You are… — Katja Millay Copy Share
“I don't know how to say it - after all this time, I'm not even sure that I can - but I have to… — Katja Millay Copy Share
“...but she's my tangent girl and I'll follow her if this is where she wants to go.” — Katja Millay Copy Share
“What’d you wish?” “I can’t tell you that!” I say indignantly. “Why not?” “Because it won’t come true.” Do I really need to say… — Katja Millay Copy Share
“I decline the coffee. I don't drink it, because no matter how much sugar I put into it, it still tastes like ass-water to… — Katja Millay Copy Share
“I am pressed so hard against the earth by the weight of reality that some days I wonder how I am still able to… — Katja Millay Copy Share
“The world should be full of Josh Bennetts. But it’s not. I had the only one. And I threw him away.” — Katja Millay Copy Share
“I’m going to walk over to you,” I say, taking one step at a time in her direction like I’m talking down a jumper.… — Katja Millay Copy Share
“I'm tired of being responsible for other people's misery. I can't even put up with my own.” — Katja Millay Copy Share
