“Sometimes you really want to say "Duh," but you can't. It's a part of growing up, I guess.”
“Sometimes you really want to say "Duh," but you can't. It's a part of growing up, I guess.”
Adam Rex
“There was less than I’d expected in the rainy-day fund that Mom had kept in the bottom of an underwear drawer in a panty hose egg labeled ‘DEAD SPIDERS.’ As if I hadn’t always known it was there. As if I wouldn’t want to look at dead spiders.”
Adam Rex“Scottish Play Doe was born at 4:13 a.m. on September 6th. The ink was barely dry on his father's new tattoo.”
Adam Rex, Cold Cereal“Project: Potential was a separate class that the gifted students went to for an hour each day. The name was supposed to make it exciting, like Code Name: Cursive or Mission: State Capitals.”
Adam Rex, Cold Cereal“Stealing is good, honest work," Said the theif, puffing out his chest. "Well, not honest, strictly speaking," he admitted after a moment. "Or actually good.”
Adam Rex, Cold Cereal“He spun out enough toilet paper to vandalize a house and carefully cleaned the seat.”
Adam Rex, Cold Cereal“Sorry I'm late," Ms. Egami said to the class. She dropped her papers, which scattered in that special way papers do when one is running late.”
Adam Rex, Cold Cereal“Then it suddenly and theatrically began to clean itself in the way cats do when they want you to know what a big deal you aren't.”
Adam Rex, Cold Cereal“Sneaky would be a lime-green Volkswagen. Nobody would suspect the assassins in the lime-green Volkswagen.”
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