“Starr-Starr, you do whatever they tell you to do,” he said. “Keep your hands visible. Don’t make any sudden moves, only speak when they speak to you.”
Fast Falls the Night by Julia Keller
“This was now officially the Land of the Lost Cause. Urgency was pointless. The girl on the floor was gone.”
The Leavers by Lisa Ko
"...it was comforting to know that nothing stayed the same for too long, that each days was a new opportunity for reinvention. A person could be transformed by a fresh wardrobe or a different nickname..."
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
“Now here was this Mia, a completely different kind of woman leading a completely different life; who seemed to make her own rules with no apologies..."
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
“he got it confused sometimes, on which side of the law he belonged, couldn’t always remember when it was safe for a black man to follow the rules.”
The Party by Elizabeth Day
“I had met him twice at Ben’s dinner parties, long before he became smooth and polished and airbrushed, one of those public men incapable of shaking a hand without clasping it.”