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Sarah Rees Brennan
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: September 21
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Chimes? Phyllis asked. Chimes to call a lover? Chimes with the voice of a bird trapped in them? Chimes that play you whatever song you most desire to hear? No thanks, said Nick. We've got MTV.
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I'll drive both of you, Seb offered at once. Mae nodded at him with gratitude. No, Jamie said sternly. I'm never getting into your horrible car. I promised myself that, because--it's horrible, and you're horrible. So take that!
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Why were you even there? Kami asked. Were you following me home? Are you asking me if I was stalking you? Maybe, said Kami. Were you? Yeah, said Jared. Little bit.
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For a moment, they all stood staring at each other. Then Holly shattered the stillness by throwing herself at Angela. God, Angie! she exclaimed, arms locked around her neck. What Happened?
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I saw you put rice in a toaster once, said Mae. I was there when made the tin of beans explode. It was faulty, Jamie protested, his eyes shifty. I am sure of this.
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And they all lived happily ever after (barring death, divorce, arrest for tax fraud, that incident with the pool boy...)
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Forest deep, silent bells There's a secret no one tells Valley quiet, water still Lynburns watching on the hill Apples red, corn gold Almost everyone grows old
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On the morning of the fourth day, Jamie tipped a switchblade out of his box of cornflakes. “I think these promotional campaigns have really got out of hand,” he said, freezing with his hand on the milk carton. “One shiny free knife with every packet of cereal bought is not a good message to send out to the kiddies.
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He knew her now. She was the weird girl in the class above him, who dyed her hair pink and always wore a lot of pentragrams and crystals. Right now she was also wearing giant chandelier earings and a violent pink T-Shirt that bore the words ROMEO AND JULIET WOULDN'T HAVE LASTED.
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It was all right. Nick thought about this and decided that what Alan said was true. He'd never been helpless before, not since he could remember, but now he was and everything was all right. He did not have to speak, he was not able to move, all he could do was lie there and have his brother hold him, hunched over and shielding him from the world.
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Maybe he likes the look of Mae, Nick drawled. Don't be ridiculous. Nick raised his eyebrows. Does he like the look of Jamie?
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I hate this, I want this to stop, how are we supposed to live with this, and how am I supposed to walk away? You’re real and I hate you for it.
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They were standing in a very large room. The floorboards stretched in a pale expanse at their feet. There was so much dust on the floor that it had a pearly sheen. ”Even you could not nap on this floor,” Kami told Angela. ”I don’t know, a dust mattress might be very comfortable,” said Angela. ”Also possibly orthopedic.
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Fear's useless. Either something bad happens or it doesn't: If it doesn't, you've wasted time being afraid, and if it does, you've wasted time that you could have spent sharpening your weapons.
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How do you deal with it? Kami asked Jared. The laughing at nothing and occasionally stopping dead in your tracks. I have a system where when I stop, I lean casually against something, Jared told her. It makes people think I'm a bad boy. Or possibly that I have a bad back.
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And what are your interests and hobbies, Nicholas? Annabel asked faintly, sounding like a cross between a television interviewer and a hostage. Nick considered this for a minute, and then said I like swords. Annabel leaned over her plate and asked, her voice changing You fence? Not exactly, Nick drawled. I'm more freestyle.
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I don't think he likes girls, I said. Or boys. Look at the horror on his face. He doesn't look like a people person.
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Turns out he does run, Nick drawled. Given an incentive. And he wouldn't be so out of breath if he hadn't kept shrieking. That was not a shriek, Jamie said with dignity. It was a husky masculine cry of terror.
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Oh my gosh,Nick. You're not wearing a shirt! This must be one of those exciting days ending in Y.
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