“No, she wasn't losing language. She was choking on it.”
“That wasn't English she was speaking: it was the language of diplomacy.”
“But when Anthony kissed her, she felt asif she were losing her mind. And when hekissed her twice, she wasn't even sure if she wanted it back!”
“She thought of the orchids spreading across the plains below, choking the life out of other plants, out of the soil itself, selfish and unstoppable. Tally Youngblood was a weed. And, unlike the orchids, she wasn't even a pretty one.”
“Her problem wasn't she was a dumb blonde, it was she wasn't a blonde and she wasn't dumb.”
“She laughs. Mellissa laughs. I choke on a bite of chicken.”