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Quotes by Alyson Foster

The windowpane was freezing, but I was pressing myself against it anyway, like one of those dazzled little kids at the aquarium, the ones that look like they want to melt through the glass, like theyre about to swoon from an overdose of beauty.

The realization of such a thing cannot possibly be as beautiful as its imagining, of course.

Have you ever heard a five-year-old recite the Pledge of Allegiance, Arthur? Its creepy as hell. Their enunciation is perfect, but they have no idea what kind of promise theyre making, of whats being called for. No one tells you until later that breaking your words amounts to treason. No one tells you until later that you cant take it back. I was having my own treasonous thoughts as I drove. They were half formed, but went a little like this: asking something like that from a person ought not to be allowed.