Her Fearful Symmetry

Valentina never said anything. She trudged along beside Julia, rode endless escalators into bottomless underground stations.

In London Marijke had always seemed worried and deprived. Robert wondered if her return to her own city had restored what she had craved.

They were startled by this; both stood perfectly still and were each unsure which reflection belonged to which girl.

Now he wondered how Edie would fare once the twins were gone.

She knew then that she was not a negligible being: she could affect the world if she tried hard enough

she dwindled and blazed at all the wrong moments

The harder he tried to keep her the faster she seemed to vanish.

He googled her repeatedly, but she was one of the rare, delicate creatures who managed to exist entirely in the actual world.

We look like potatoes with eyes

There was no reason for the twins to be up with the dawn; they were early birds who weren‟t particularly interested in getting the worm.