'' abstract art is for abstract concepts , you mean , '' i say . '' yes , smartass , '' he growls in my ear . i 'm not sure i agree , but i 'm willing to play along . '' and which ' primal ' emotion do you think this painting depicts ? '' i ask . '' well . '' he reaches around me , indicating the left side of the painting

she had reduced him to this . he had n't known fear , and now it consumed him . he 'd never had anything worthwhile to lose . certainly not his own life . but marguarita with her soft body and her bright light and her mind filling his with life was worth everything to him . a treasure he would n't - could n't - lose

i spin around on my heels , and head for the door . what is beauty , what 's success , but the way someone perceives you ? if the one you desire believes you 're beautiful , then you truly are ; for you have successfully attained what you most desire . and if he or she does n't believe you 're beautiful

'' this is just what i 'd expect from little grace . i know all about you . you 've fooled the others , maybe , but iseeright throughyou . '' what she did n't see was j.lo creeping up behind her . he 'd found a new sheet , and was in ghost costume again . i was trying to think how i might signal him to crouch behind mrs. lightbody while i gave her a
push