But since Sloth I've been so monogamous I make the demonstration banana that AIDS educators use to show how to put on a condom, look slutty.

Lauren Beukes


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She would disappear
folded like origami
into her own dreams

Lauren Beukes

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Oh, but fine isn't everything!' Rachel exclaims and grabs her hands and pulls her into a stepping foxtrot over the paintings, twirling her round. 'Fine is the very definition of mediocrity. It's what's polite. It's what's socially acceptable. We need to live brighter and deeper than just fine, my darling!

Lauren Beukes


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Next time, can you ask him to bring cookies? I don't like to put up with that level of insane unless there's some kind of high-calorie compensation.

Lauren Beukes

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If you want to kiss me again, then shut the fuck up and stop bleeding to death

Lauren Beukes


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Being her friend was like going to a tropical island for a little fun in the sun, only to be kidnapped by terrorists.

Lauren Beukes

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The future is not as loud as war, but it is relentless. It has a terrible fury all its own.

Lauren Beukes

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He adds, wistfully, "I don't suppose you have syphilis, do you?"
"No."
"Pity. There's a study starting in Alabama that would have paid for all your medical care if you did. Although you'd have to be a Negro."
"I'm not that, either."
"Too bad." The doctor shrugs.

Lauren Beukes

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And he's sorry he ever doubted the House. She's the one. One of the ones. His shining girls.

Lauren Beukes

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A gut wound will drop a man in his tracks every time. Harper always found it more personal than bullets, getting right up into someone. It made the war bearable.

Lauren Beukes

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