He looked like someone who played video games with their kids. Who did the dishes without being asked.
Mikie Jonesцитирапреди 3 години
People who didn’t even know me suddenly had opinions about me.
emilyjokisner01цитирапреди 5 години
He is incapable of eating Indian food without getting red sauce on his clothing; I’ve taken to carrying a bleach pen.
Lukutoukkaцитирапреди 6 години
We weren’t Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. I was okay with that, I thought. We had things they didn’t, too. Like electricity, and refrigerators. And Mario Kart.
Lukutoukkaцитирапреди 6 години
It was as if August Moriarty had simply stopped existing. Frozen in time as a wonder boy, working on the intricate mathematical patterns in the Arctic Circle, his thick blond Disney hair blowing in the frigid wind.
Lukutoukkaцитирапреди 6 години
I said a silent prayer to the saint of deranged best friends’ deranged older brothers.
Lukutoukkaцитирапреди 6 години
I’d been thrilled. Birthday, snow day, Christmas Day thrilled.
Lukutoukkaцитирапреди 6 години
“Jamie. Number fifteen: if you wait for full disclosure from a Holmes, it might be years before you learn a damn thing.”
Lukutoukkaцитирапреди 6 години
The lights winked at me; they liked the secrets I told them.
Lukutoukkaцитирапреди 6 години
When I caught her taking twenty minutes to eat a single almond, I began wondering if there was some kind of Watsonian guide for the care and keeping of Holmeses.