Magic in the Blood Quotes

“By the time I’d made it to Get Mugged’s cross street, I was wetter and warmer, which is not as sexy as it sounds. I turned down the street and spotted the roofline of Get Mugged. The neighborhood had gone through some heavy reconstruction. Buildings had been torn down, leaving behind dirt, concrete, and gravel. There were two buildings left standing: Get Mugged and an empty warehouse with boarded-up windows. Get Mugged held down the corner of the block, a coffee-scented old broad wearing too much paint and plaster to cover her age but still turning over clients like a dime-store hooker. The warehouse looked like Get Mugged’s meth-mouthed sister, broken, rotting from the inside out, spongy, and frail. For years, people had wanted to turn this area into boutique shopping. A building would go up, something would move in, and before there was time to hang curtains, the business would bankrupt. Enough of that had left the whole block looking a little like an unmade bed.”
― Devon Monk, Magic in the Blood

“I tried to put my left arm around him too, but the vase of flowers in my hand tipped and peed water on my floor. Did I know how to do romance or what?”
― Devon Monk, Magic in the Blood

“I might not have loved my father, but for a long time, I wanted to.”
― Devon Monk, Magic in the Blood

“Perfect,” she said. “And, Allie?” “Yes?” “Be careful.” Note to self number two: start living the kind of life where people weren’t always ending their conversations with me like that.”
― Devon Monk, Magic in the Blood

“By the time I’d made it to Get Mugged’s cross street, I was wetter and warmer, which is not as sexy as it sounds.”
― Devon Monk, Magic in the Blood