What was life asking of me? How could I respond when I didn't know the question?
Ruta SepetysKrasivaya. It means beautiful, but with strength. Unique.
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Was it harder to die, or harder to be the one who survived?
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Why you frettin', Jo? You not sure?"
I inhaled my tears in order to speak. "I'm sure I want to go, but I'm not sure it's possible.Why would they accept me? And if they did, how would I pay for it? I don't want to get my hopes up only to be disappointed. I'm always disappointed."
"Now don't let fear keep you in New Orleans. Sometimes we set off down a road thinkin' we're goin' one place and we end up another. But that's okay. The important thing is to start. I know you can do it. Come on, Josie girl, give those ol' wings a try."
"Willie doesn't want me to."
"So what, you gonna stay here just so you can clean her house and run around with all the naked crazies in the Quarter? You got a bigger story than that.
Let me tell you something 'bout these rich Uptown folk," said Cokie. "They got everything that money can buy, their bank accounts are fat, but they ain't happy. They ain't ever gone be happy. You know why? They soul broke. And money can't fix that, no sir.
Ruta SepetysPatrick explained that your father is absent. What about your mother, dear?"
Mother? Oh, she's in a dusty motel in California right now, cooling herself with a cold Schlitz in her cleavage.
The scent of Havana tobacco draped thick from the magnolia trees in the front yard. Ice cubes mingled and clinked against the sides of crystal tumblers. Patrick said hello to a group of men sitting on the veranda. I heard the pop of a champagne cork and laughter from inside.
Ruta SepetysI've got a business to run. Elmo's bringing over a new bed frame. Dora broke her's last night. That girl should be in a side show, not a whorehouse.
Ruta SepetysCharlie Marlowe never wrote horror, but somehow horror was writing Charlie Marlowe.
Ruta SepetysThey drink like fish and ask the most probing questions."
"Welcome to the South." Patrick laughed.
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