Aye, and Gomorrah

stories

383 pages

English language

Published Nov. 8, 2003 by Vintage Books.

ISBN:
978-0-375-70671-4
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OCLC Number:
51304318

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1) "'Oh, fine!' Alegra said. 'I love to talk. I want to talk about love. Loving someone---' (an incredible yearning twisted my stomach, rose to block my throat) '---I mean really loving someone---' (the yearning brushed the edge of agony) '---means you are willing to admit the person you love is not what you first fell in love with, not the image you first had; and you must be able to like them still for being as close to that image as they are, and avoid disliking them for being so far away.'"

2) "'What...what is it?' She raised her cool hand to mine. For a moment the light through the milky gem and the pale film of my own webs pearled the screen of her palms. (Details like that. Yes, they are the important things, the points from which we suspend later pain.) A moment later wet fingers closed …

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  • Science fiction, American