Declan Rhodes > Recent Status Updates

Pg. 597, “Behind curtains, this, he thinks, is what lovers do—they are alchemists and architects;pioneers and fabulists; they make one thing another; they invent the world around them. So he says, ‘Yes I believe you,’ and she smiles. She stretches. She touches his face, and makes it splendid.”

Pg. 407, “His older self had abondoned all his younger self’s principles. He cut coupons. He woke up early. He wore slacks. He owned a watch. And he regretted this tattoo. How could two dissimilar people ever in habit the same body? The tattoo had not fundamentally changed, but he had fundamentally changed around it.”

Agreement is one of the top trade secrets of comedy. Audiences rarely see characters agree with one another so when they do, it makes for great improv!

Pg. 38, “When former Second City and ImprovOlympic actor David Pasquesi won a Chicago award for performing, he accepted it by saying, ‘Our job is to make others look good. By getting this award, I guess I’m not doing my job. I’ll try harder next time!’”

God, these characters are sooo fascinating and i just want to keep reading to find out what will happen. Not very often do I become this involved in fictitious character’s lives, but I just NEED to know how this book ends and what happens with Jack and Elizabeth

Pg. 118, “Despite having known Agatha for only a few months now, she has come to understand that Agatha requires her friends to participate in, and get all entangled with, her dramas— theater folks are sometimes like that, each tragedy needing to be imparted upon an audience”

sometimes you read a book, and other times a book reads you 😅

I’m only 29 pages in and I can already tell I’m gonna really enjoy this! It’s page turning, raw, and soooo fucking real! Taking place in Chicago and name dropping all these actual places I’ve seen/been to is an added bonus. The framing set up with iur two main characters is intriguing and I’m excited to dive into Chicago in the 90’s. Can’t wait to see what this story has in store.

“And I wouldn’t take on a client unless she— it is nearly always a she who cares about the future, isn’t it?…”

Pg. 99 -Mother Yackle

“Still, maybe it’s better to be marginalized. You don’t get noticed, and there’s a liberty in that, eh son?”

-Commander Cherrystone, Pg. 168