Raphael

Witch Baby wanted to

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Witch Baby wanted to ask Ping how to find her Jah-Love angel. She knew Raphael was not him, even though Raphael had the right eyes and smile and name. She knew how he looked–the angel in her dream–but she didn’t know how to find him. Should she roller-skate through the streets in the evenings when … Read more

The feat of superbly

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The feat of superbly imitating a muscle, as Michelangelo did, or a face, as Raphael did, created neither progress nor a hierarchy in art. Because these artists of the sixteenth century imitated human forms, they were not superior to the artists of the high periods of Egyptian, Chaldean, Indochinese, Roman, and Gothic art who interpreted … Read more

I wouldn’t change it,

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I wouldn’t change it, Simon said. I wouldn’t give up loving you. Not for anything. You know what Raphael told me? That I didn’t know how to be a good vampire, that vampires accept that they’re dead. But as long as I remember what it was like to love you, I’ll always feel like I’m … Read more

I know that if

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I know that if I feel any deprivation or fear [about money], the solution is to give. The solution is to go find some mothers on the streets of San Raphael and give them tens and twenties and mail off another $50 to Doctors Without Borders to use for the refugees in Kosovo. Because I … Read more

Raphael continued to stare

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Raphael continued to stare at me, in no hurry to get started. You know the best way to get rid of a demon, right? He asked with a serious face. I caught Ivy rolling her eyes as I shook my head. Exorcise alot! Ivy caught my expression of dismay. It’s okay, Beth. He’s famous for … Read more