Quotes from Jes Battis

To live at all is to share a world with cagey magic, skeptical magic, asshole magic. But, honestly, the trees must belong to something; the blossoms that tongue each groove between buildings, the water and the stone and the serious man-made steel railings all must belong. This major artery where blood and starlight pump along the tracks, where banks and malls and office towers shudder and gestate in the concrete like baobab trees.

He's like a flower doing its best on an asteroid, naked to so many cosmic terrors.

The agony of having to share this small slice of world with big breakable humans who are really just uncovered beating hearts walking around spilling their viscera and their words everywhere, not bothering to clean up. Animals are a smooth punctuation to human parataxis, resisting our love out of modesty.

She tried to clear her mind. It didn't work. Her mind was a hoarder.

From the stories she'd told, Shar had a very broad dating pool, which included ghosts, elemental forces, and, once, a pansexual quasar. Exhausting, she'd said. Don't date anything that has a radioactive corona.

What did I glean ?" "I'm not trying to be flippant. Just - did he tell you anything about himself?" "He hates Sesame Street ." "We'll need more than that when we're eventually put on the stand for this.

Hot Tinder: swans don't fear death Kai: cuz of their freakish swan strength Hot Tinder: they sing when it comes

Hildie nodded. "You two look out for each other, eh?" "He'd die for me." Kai's eyes burned into her for a second. "I'd kill for him. That's the main difference between us.

Hildie caught a glimpse of herself in the water-spotted mirror, pulled her long black shirt down over her leggings. She trusted her body. It was strong and generous and marked by joy. Occasionally, she'd feel eyes on her, a man on the SkyTrain, judging her. But whatever he felt was his business. Also, she could manifest a spear from thin air, so men's opinions weren't really her problem.

Wayne had roasted a turkey with his dad. They hadn't cooked together in what felt like a lifetime, and it was nice to soak and dice and chop. After Wayne called out why so tough, turnips , it became their exclamation when anything went wrong in the kitchen.