Quotes from Andy Marino

Yuri is alone in

Those of us prone to sleeplessness can always tell. We can read the great curve of the night as it arcs toward day. We've lived every minute of every dark hour in excruciating detail.

Asha leans forward. "Hello." She waves to Ian. "Hey there." "Asha, my agent," Lark says, "Ian, my old buddy. He owns the yarn and tea store." "That sounds unbearably charming," Asha says. "It's painfully twee," Ian agrees. "I fucking love it.

living with his aunt and uncle in Pripyat, Yuri can scarcely believe how well they eat. And how full he feels after every meal—uncomfortably so. When he first arrived

Occultists, as brand-savvy as social media influencers and just as cynical.

But since she'd been old enough to operate a phone, she'd been part of the web of experiences that united everyone for all time and ensured that no matter what happened with Daniel, she'd always know which Princeton dining halls had the best desserts and how tough his practices were. Had the days of landlines and paper letters been liberating or lonely? When she pictured the world that way, it was barren and empty.

old daughter. "And be sure

Romanian ice cream … Shortages are routine all over the Soviet Union. The store in Moscow where his own family shops is full of