“That was the point where she was supposed to sound tough, like she was someone to be reckoned with, like she was the sort of person witches should listen to. Was this really her plan? She sounded like a child.”
“She sounds like someone who spends a lot of time in libraries, which are the best sorts of people.”
“She is fine. She hates us both but it really didn't sound like anything else was wrong”
“She kept public radio on so it sounded like someone was sitting next to her, engaging her in intriguing conversation.”
“When she listened to songs that she loved on the radio, something stirred inside her. A liquid ache spread under her skin, and she walked out of the world like a witch.”
“She was trying to sound tough and impatient, but she knew that vulnerable desire to be wooed was still brimming in her tone.”