My Imaginary Mary (Mary, #2)

by Cynthia Hand

while another was bright purple with a golden frame that surrounded the peephole.

... why did my brain jump to the door from Monica's apt in Friends????

Mary experienced that disoriented feeling you get when you see your high school English teacher at the grocery store.

As an HS English teacher, this is how I feel when I see THE STUDENTS in grocery stores.

benevolent creator

and ofc an OG Frankenstein reference

“How do you do, Pan?” “How do I do what?”

THE WIZARD OF OZ I LOVE

Should I stay or should I go now? he thought. If I go there could be trouble. And if I stay there could be double. .

If I tell you to jump, you will jump.” “How high?”

I am not throwing away my shot!”

But he wasn’t dead. He was only mostly dead.

“I’ll never let go, Pan. I’ll never let go.”

“Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!”