Emma – Page 5

They look for a

They look for a victim to chivy, and howl him down, and finally lynch him in a sheer storm of sexual frenzy which they honestly imagine to be moral indignation, patriotic passion or some equally allowable emotion, it may be an innocent Negro, a Jew like Leo Frank, a harmless half-witted German; a Christ-like idealist … Read more

On the screen were

On the screen were some flashback shots of Daniel, Emma and Rupert from ten years ago. They were 12. I have also recently returned from New York, and while I was there, I saw Daniel singing and dancing (brilliantly) on Broadway. A lifetime seems to have passed in minutes. Alan Rickman

Hey.’ Her grin grew

Hey.’ Her grin grew as she glanced from me to Nash, then back. ‘You’re blocking the fridge.’ ‘There’s a cooler in the other room.’ Nash nodded toward the main part of the house. Emma shrugged. ‘Yeah, but no one’s making out in front of it. Rachel Vincent

What are you gonna

What are you gonna say?’ Emma asked. ‘ ‘I’m not sure I want you back, but I’m sure I don’t want your ex-con ex-girlfriend to have you, either’? Yeah. That’ll start this little triangle off on the right foot. Rachel Vincent

If Eastlake High School

If Eastlake High School were the universe, I would be one of the moons circling Planet Emma, constantly hidden by her shadow, and glad to be there. Nash Hudson would be one of the stars: too bright to look at, too hot to touch and at the center of his own solar system. Rachel Vincent

Emma and I had

Emma and I had both died twice, and for me, that second one actually stuck. Now I was a ‘resurrected American,’ better known, in colloquial terms, as life-challenged. Or undead. Or the living dead. But I’m not a zombie. I’m just a little less alive than your average high school junior. Rachel Vincent

You think when someone

You think when someone you love passes away, everything becomes clearer, that your priorities and perspectives align in a way they’ve never aligned before because of the sobriety of it all. But it doesn’t. Those revelations just become skewed and distorted until you’re forced to rewrite them entirely. You can’t walk straight on a new … Read more

I told my agent

I told my agent which women I aspire to have a career like: Frances McDormand, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney and Emma Thompson – character actresses who have something to say. I also said that I loved Madeline Kahn and Jessica Lange.
Rachael Harris