Susan Ee, World After
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"I’m fine, Mom. Thanks for asking.”...“Of course you’re fine.” She keeps walking. “You’re the devil’s bride and these are his creatures.”...“I’m not the devil’s bride.” “He carried you out of the fire and is letting you visit us from the dead. Who else would have those privileges except his bride?"
"Was that you, Pooky Bear?"
"He is the one pocket of warmth in a sea of ice."
"So that’s your sister?” asks Dee in a quiet voice.“Yeah.”“The one you risked your life for?”“Yeah.”The twins nod politely in that automatic way that people do when they don’t want to say something insulting.“Your family any better?” I ask.Dee and Dum look at each other, assessing.“Nah,” says Dee.“Not really,” says Dum at the same time."
"They always always understimate women"
"The only thing that matters in the end is your own survival. It's what humans and cockroaches are best at."
"The right thing is a luxury for rich and sheltered people. For the rest of us, the only right thing is staying out of trouble and surviving as best we can."
"Of course she’s right. How bad are things when your clinically insane mother is more rational than you are?"