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Sometimes, as we're stumbling along in the dark, we hit something good.Susan Ee
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In the long second before everyone absorbs what just happened, I see the angel rolling his eyes heavenward, like a teenager in the presence of overwhelming lameness. Some people just have no sense of gratitude.Susan Ee
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If we get separated there’s not much hope of us ever meeting anywhere, but I need to keep up the pretense of hope because that may be all we have.Susan Ee
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His pupils dilate when he sees me. His lips part as he momentarily forgets to marshal his expression, and I could swear he stops breathing for several heartbeats.Susan Ee
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Who will guard us against the guardians?Susan Ee
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When a man in purple and screaming pink stares at you, you know it's time to change your appearance.Susan Ee
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NO! " Raffe grips me as if he can bind my soul to my body. An upside-down view of the doorway shows up in my field of vision. Smoke waft through it. Although the pain obscures Raffe's warmth, I feel the presure of his hug, the rocking of our bodies back and forth as he repeats the word, "No.Susan Ee
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You don't even like me, remember?" That's what I try to say. What actually comes out of my mouth is closer to a baby's first attempt at babbling. "Shh." He runs his fingertips along my cheek, caressing my face. "Hush. I'm right here." He looks at me with deep anguish in his eyes. Like there's so much he wants to tell me but feel it's too late now. I want to stroke his face and tell him that it will be okay. That everything will be all right. And I wish so badly that it would be.Susan Ee
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Here and there, plumes of dark smoke reach into the sky like the fingers of a drowning man reaching up for the last time.Susan Ee
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...there’s no such thing as a dirty fight.Susan Ee
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That's crazy, " I say" In case you hadn't noticed, the whole world has gone crazy. It's time to adapt or die."" By throwing crazy at crazy?Susan Ee
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Nothing short of the end of the world would get our eco-conscious techies to toss their latest gadgets onto the street.Susan Ee
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He doesn't even like me. I let the thought roll around in my head. Anything I feel during that time gets shoved into the vault with the ten-foot-think door slamming as soon as it goes in, just in case something in there has any intention of crawling out.Susan Ee
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I'll be sure not to let anyone but you carry me in her arms." He turns and leaves the kitchen before I can figure out what to make of his comment. A sense of humor is one more thing I don't think angels should have. The fact that his sense of humor is corny makes it even more wrong.Susan Ee