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Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. —C. S. Lewis
They were gone long enough that people had stopped referring to them as “missing,” which implied a temporary state of being, and now simply called them “lost.” You looked for missing children. You mourned lost ones.
First you were missing. Then you were lost. Then you were forgotten.
Then again, why not here? Why did France and Germany and all those places get to have fairy tales but not West Virginia?
And his dad had called him “son” in the same way people said “Mr. President,” because the office mattered more than the person holding it.
“Mom, I’m scared.” “I know, Emmielou. But scared is a feeling, not an excuse.” All right. She would do it scared then.
It was too late. The past was gone and there was no finding it.
“Hey, enough with the ‘Princess,’ okay? I know I’m weak and spoiled and generally useless to society, but you don’t have to rub it in.”
I want to look death in the face and boop his nose.”
Lolllll
“You’re staring,” he told her. “Staring at your freaking perfect face,” Emilie said. “I don’t think those old guys at the hardware store were giving you the evil eye. I think they were checking you out.” “Help,” Rafe said to Jeremy.
XD
“Hunting is gross,” she said. “What’s wrong with you two? Why would you want to go out and kill defenseless—” “You a vegetarian?” Jeremy asked before Ralph could muster a defense. “No, but—” “Then shut up, Mabel.” The girl’s name was not Mabel. “You think your pet pepperoni pizza shot itself in the parking lot behind Blockbuster?”
“Gay? Bi? Pan? Fun at parties?” “That is not even remotely archery related. And I prefer the term unisex.” “Unisex?” “Like a T-shirt. Fits both men and women. Plus, T-shirts are tops.”
“Okay,” Rafe said. “I guess Dad will just have to get over it.”
Eeeeeeee
“Yes, in an infinite universe, wormholes have to exist. All possible worlds exist. In fact, there are no possibilities in an infinite universe, just eventualities.”
When you begin to question your sanity, remind yourself that the fact that something impossible happened doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
“Is that how queens talk?” “It’s how queens from West Virginia talk.
“I only wanted to protect you, son. I was afraid, afraid if people knew about you boys, they would—” “Hurt me?” Rafe asked. “Dad, you’re the only person I’ve ever been afraid of.”
“Nobody ever tells you that when you go to another world, that even if it’s paradise, you’ll still miss your mum and your dog.”
You kill an artist, you kill all their unmade art too. Why don’t people think about that before they hurt each other?”
Shannon Yates asked me to tell you, “Thank you for the unicorn pencil, Mrs. Adler. It really was magical.”
Das so sweet T^T
“You can’t save them all, but today we will save one.”
Golden Apple Christmas Cake Recipe (modified for this world) Ingredients 1¾ cups all-purpose flour 1¼ teaspoons baking soda ¼ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon ½ teaspoon nutmeg ½ cup vegetable oil 2/3 cup brown sugar 1 cup applesauce made from Shanandoah Golden Sun apples (you may substitute applesauce made from Golden Delicious apples from West Virginia) Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9-inch round baking pan with nonstick spray or grease it with oil. Mix flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl. Mix oil, brown sugar, and applesauce in another bowl. Stir the
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Cream Cheese Frosting This recipe will make enough to frost a two-layer cake; make multiple batches to frost cakes with more layers. If the cake is being made for a Christmas wedding, make three layers. Ingredients 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature 8 ounces cream cheese, brick, not tub, at room temperature but not too soft 4 cups soft icing sugar/powdered sugar, sifted (sift after measuring) 1 tablespoon vanilla extract Pinch of salt Directions Beat butter with whisk attachment in stand mixer for 2 minutes until light and fluffy (scrape bottom of bowl at least once). Add cream
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