Carolyn Crane

“Kenzo glances up from his chopping. “You look good enough to eat.” “Don’t tell that to Stu’s sleepwalkers,” I say.”

— Carolyn Crane

“People want view of beauty. Pfft. I say, do not give me lies.”

— Carolyn Crane

“Then I level my smile at Simon, and this smile is one I do feel, and it’s definitely an activity, too —…

— Carolyn Crane

“All I could think of was you. All I can ever think about is you. Why am I always fighting it? Always…

— Carolyn Crane

“Normal is a precious kind of freedom, and if you don't have it, it's all you ever want.”

— Carolyn Crane

“Up ahead stands the fun house, which you enter through a clown’s smiling mouth. “I would kill myself if I was prisoner…

— Carolyn Crane

“I'm thinking about that afternoon you came to the empty restaurant, that day after the Alchemist. You were so alone." He pauses.…

— Carolyn Crane

“God, Packard! Do you know how hard I worked at it?” I twist up the napkin and whip it at him. He…

— Carolyn Crane

“You have the most contact with Packard." "No, I don't." "Yes, you do," they say in unison. "You just saw him," Helmut…

— Carolyn Crane

“I nestle into him with the sensation that we’re two creatures of the same species, the last two on the planet, and…

— Carolyn Crane

Most people think happiness is about gaining something, but it's not. It's all about getting rid of the darkness you accumulate.

— Carolyn Crane

“If I could go back to be shot in place of Avery, I would do so." "I know," I whisper. "Not merely…

— Carolyn Crane

“I’m thinking about how you sighed this little sigh when you sank into the feeling of us together. We both sank into…

— Carolyn Crane

“I'm used to desperate, buddy. Desperate's my factory default. But thanks anyway.”

— Carolyn Crane

“Your skin was electric—I half thought there should be sparks.” He lowers his voice. “I know you felt it. You looked so…

— Carolyn Crane

“Are you sure we shouldn't have the cops or more guys or something?" "Don't you worry, buttercup," Francis says. "Anything more is…

— Carolyn Crane

“On a scale of one to ten, I'd say you rate a one. If the Porta-Potties are ten.”

— Carolyn Crane

A kiss with the right person simply can't be compared to the drudgery of sleeping with the wrong one over and over.

— Carolyn Crane

“You know what happens when you give a kid a calculator instead of teaching him math?" "I think you need my help."…

— Carolyn Crane

“I can't say Ah now?" "No," I say sternly. "Even if it's purely innocent? A genuine Ah? Not even that?" He makes…

— Carolyn Crane