My phone is one of those crushes that sucks up every ounce of energy and gives nothing back. Pretty sure I’ve had a couple of those. I can’t remember the names, but I can feel the scars.
Siri, Who Am I? By Sam Tschida
Quotes
They come for us in the night and shoot my father through the skull.
Hunted by the sky by Tanaz Bhathena
Tanaz starts off with a bang
I wish I’d packed something more nightclub appropriate before I left LA, but I didn’t know I’d be impersonating a rich socialite to get into a club.
Heiress Apparently by Diana Ma
Pack for everything
“When I was young, I looked at people our age and I assumed my life was sorted out. It never occurred to me that when I got to sixty- three I’d be in the most appalling mess.”
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
You’re never truly sorted out
Mimi asks a thousand questions a minute. I think it’s because she’s American, and American children are unnecessarily carefree and independent.
A Thousand Questions by Saadia Faruqi
American perception
It’s probably a good thing that we were interrupted before we did anything stupid, I think. He’s got a girlfriend, and I’m in the middle of a nervous breakdown and dating half the town.
10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston
Maybe somewhat exaggerated
We’d grown adept at communicating affection through sleepy tangled limbs.
How to Be Married by Jo Piazza
When you live opposite schedules
“What’s your evidence? What makes you such a screwup?”
“Um.” I look up at her. “I mean . . . I vomited on your boss.”
“Okay, but look at all the people you didn’t vomit on.”
I nod slowly. “That’s a low bar for success.”
Setting the bar
“But you didn’t just say you were sorry. You didn’t do that again.”
“We had other fights.”
“Yeah,” I said. “But we never had the same fight twice.”
Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram
Learning from mistakes
Because if we were all doing the best we can, then there’d be no need for karmic justice in the first place.
Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer
