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Casiopea, who had prayed at the age of ten for her cousin Martín to go off and live in another town, far from her, understood by now that God, if he existed, did not give a damn about her.
If the day had not been so warm, with a heat that scrambles the senses, the kind of heat that makes a tame dog bite the leg of its owner in an act of sudden betrayal, she might have eluded temptation.
When it’s 120 out for a week straight…. Yeah
“Do not sell him your soul and you’ll be fine,” he said laconically.
Were it so simple
“Of course. But I can have a rooster killed, a horse. My grandson has a fine stallion—” “Hush. I forgot how dull you are,” Vucub-Kamé said.
Zing
He was not proud when it came to the matter of keeping his limbs attached to his body.
As we all should be
“Christ,” Martín said. “Fucking Christ.” “Watch your blasphemous mouth,” Grandfather said. “I’m sorry, but I’ve recently met a god,” Martín snapped back.
PFFFF
Ah, there is none more fearful of thieves than the one who has stolen something, and a kingdom is no small something.
If you dream you are flying it means one thing and if you dream your teeth are falling out it means another. I do hate it when my teeth fall out in dreams,” she said.
If your teeth fall out in dreams it means you feel like you don’t have control over your life! Learned that the hard way
