"To my everlasting relief, he’d also stopped with……" — Lilith Saintcrow
"To my everlasting relief, he’d also stopped with the starch a few years back . The military made him big on spray starch, but I point-blank refused to touch the stuff after a while. He finally gave up doing it himself, and I manfully restrained myself from pointing out that the world didn’t explode when he did. And they say maturity is just for adults."
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Lilith Saintcrow
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87 Quotes by Lilith Saintcrow
Lilith Saintcrow has 87 quotes on this site.
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What do you say when someone takes on a really bad ass, murdering sucker for you? There just aren't words…
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I was always holding onto people, and they were always leaving.
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Oh God, Oh God we’re all gonna die doesn’t really fit the definition of banter, now does it?
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He wiped away the tears, tenderly, and I forgot to weep as he told me silently everything I always wanted…
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Would I be as strong as that once I did that thing Christophe was talking about? Blooming? Would I smell…
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The smell of apple pies didn't quite fill the house, but it was there, a thread under everything else. It…
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And now here he was in my kitchen. Smelling like apple pies and looking at me with a direct seriousness…
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I thought I'd pay you a visit, my dear. Since you're so interesting." My mouth shifted into high gear, leaving…
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I went to the entrance to the restroom, where the hallway did a sharp bend so nobody could peek into…
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His eyebrows drew together. He was perilously close to unibrow; I guess nobody had held him down and administered a…
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Boys always get the best eyelashes; it's like some kind of cosmic law. And half-breed kids get some kind of…
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His shoulder bumped mine again. "Can I ask you something?" I didn't answer. He was going to ask me anyway.…
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
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Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
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