Am I higher or lower than she? It was always the vital question for Anna: who was superior, and how she could position herself so that she would be perceived as superior?

Anna gave her that disjointed look with which so many people regarded Hannah, as if they has fallen too many words behind to ever catch up.

I’m rarely rude except accidentally, and that doesn’t really count…

Whoever is in charge of such things had been sparing with his blessings on the moment Benno was born. He had neither looks nor wit nor skill. He was not large or strong, he could...

When she walked by the two officers, they didn’t recognize her. “Have you seen the luscious bonbon with the golden braids?” She grinned up at them with such impish mischief that they almost forgot their...