“You were a million miles away, Mom says.”
~ Ghostland and Afterland section of “Skippy Dies”
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“With his dark, broken looks, his languid manner and quick wit, there was never any shortage of young women willing to test the springs with him.”
~ Amagansett, by Mark Mills
Sooth me, soothsayer…
“He drank, gasped, wiped his big moustache on the end of his scarf, drank, gasped, and lay back in his chair.”
-DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers
what does this mean?
“My fingers clenched the cloth of skirt, and my voice quavered.”
-Danzy Senna, Caucasia.
Out of context, I am reading sleazy romantic trash.
The book nearest me is Baby Einstein’s Touch and Feel Farm Animals and it doesn’t have 45 pages.
(Source: thefuckwouldisaywhatfor)
