"It’s always better to make people think you have nothing at all"

"It’s always better to make people think you have nothing at all" - An Honest Exit by Dinaw Mengestu

"His father would often yell at him for breaking a glass"

"His father would often yell at him for breaking a glass" - An Honest Exit by Dinaw Mengestu

"I tried to see them all in one long glance before they were gone"

"I tried to see them all in one long glance before they were gone" - An Honest Exit by Dinaw Mengestu

"This was the farthest from home he had ever travelled"

"This was the farthest from home he had ever travelled" - An Honest Exit by Dinaw Mengestu

"And while I could have ended there I had no desire to"

"And while I could have ended there I had no desire to" - An Honest Exit by Dinaw Mengestu

"The ministers had better things to do than throw coconuts at concrete"

"The ministers had better things to do than throw coconuts at concrete" - Family Planning by Karan Mahajan

"She pursed her lips and smiled with great effort"

"She pursed her lips and smiled with great effort"- Familiy Planning by Karan Mahajan

"The world's axis turned another notch into his chest"

"The world's axis turned another notch into his chest" - Family Planning by Karan Mahajan

"So she threw herself into the organizational problems of managing her children"

"So she threw herself into the organizational problems of managing her children"- Family Planning by Karan Mahajan

"He opened his eyes in shock at the image, the sensual clearness of it"

"He opened his eyes in shock at the image, the sensual clearness of it" - Family Planning by Karan Mahajan

"What type of trap was this? he wondered"

"What type of trap was this? he wondered" - Family Planning by Karan Mahajan

"Reality was the ultimate bulldozer"

"Reality was the ultimate bulldozer" - Family Planning by Karan Mahajan

"Clouds heaping in cumulus shelves overhead"

"Clouds heaping in cumulus shelves overhead" - Family Planning by Karan Mahajan

"Gone fishing"

"I will be back around July 19th" - Gone fishing by Martina :-)

"I need to put some clothes on or have the heat turned up"

"I need to put some clothes on or have the heat turned up" - The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike

"There was no less old-fashioned way to put it"

"There was no less old-fashioned way to put it" - The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike

"Alexandra loved whipping along in Nat's antique Jaguar with its top down"

"Alexandra loved whipping along in Nat's antique Jaguar with its top down" - The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike

"We need to get out and start doing things"

"We need to get out and start doing things" - The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike

"I don't know how long we'll be staying"

"I don't know how long we'll be staying" - The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike

"It was hot, with a gritty desert wind hard to breathe in"

"It was hot, with a gritty desert wind hard to breathe in" - The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike

"But I think I'd better go lie down before dinner"

"But I think I'd better go lie down before dinner" - The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike

"A half-baked suburban variety of witchcraft"

"A half-baked suburban variety of witchcraft" - The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike