“Last night at Bingo, Sylvia won the last prize. 'What am I going to do with a mermaid?" "Learn to swim in the murkiest water, reinvent yourself," the mermaid said #149”
Monique Duval“He offered her the world. She said she had her own.”
Monique Duval“She decided to free herself, dance into the wind, create a new language. And birds fluttered around her, writing “yes” in the sky.”
Monique Duval“That’s the way it is with dreams. They scratch at your door. You see them through the peep hole: a stray dream looking for a home. You think it might go away if you ignore it. Wrong. It’s still there when you open the door, smiling. Wagging its tail.”
Monique Duval“What do angels look like? I saw one today wering gaudy jewelry, spoke with a thick Spanish accent, quoted 'Chakespeare.' She said, 'All the world's a stage and sometimes you just gotta roll with los punches.”
Monique Duval, The Persistence of Yellow: A Book of Recipes for Life“Last night at Bingo, Sylvia won the last prize. 'What am I going to do with a mermaid?" "Learn to swim in the murkiest water, reinvent yourself," the mermaid said #149”
Monique Duval, The Persistence of Yellow: A Book of Recipes for Life