Elizabeth LaBan > Quotes

“Now, go forth and spread beauty and light.”
― Elizabeth LaBan, The Tragedy Paper

“I had the distinct feeling that the universe was out of whack and normal rules didn't apply. I sort of liked it.”
― Elizabeth LaBan, The Tragedy Paper

“He didn't believe in himself. I have to say - with all this tragedy vocabulary going around - that I can see it so clearly now. His tragic flaw was that he didn't believe in himself.”
― Elizabeth LaBan, The Tragedy Paper

“I’m finally starting to understand that nobody is just one thing.”
― Elizabeth LaBan, The Restaurant Critic's Wife

“Sam didn’t stop singing. He sang every Mardi Gras and Louisiana-themed song he could think of, including “You Are My Sunshine.” And I finally relaxed; the Sazerac helped, of course. I sat back on his old purple couch and listened to his voice. And I realized, as he sang to me, that he was sparing us the potential awkwardness of reacquainting. We didn’t have to talk; we didn’t have to think about sex right away. We became comfortable with each other while he sang. And by the time he was finished, it was like we had always been together.”
― Elizabeth LaBan, The Restaurant Critic's Wife

“But the relationships that mean the most to us are often the most confusing and hard, and you get through the pain because you choose to or not. You choose that person. And I still chose her.”
― Elizabeth LaBan, Neighbors

“Jennifer”
― Elizabeth LaBan, The Restaurant Critic's Wife

“Studies have shown that loving family, spending time with family, having more of that, is the number one thing people wish for at the end of their lives. Not work, not being right, not shopping, not having a bigger house. It is family.”
― Elizabeth LaBan, Beside Herself

“I feel like I’m living an interrupted life.”
― Elizabeth LaBan, The Restaurant Critic's Wife

“aide and sent me out to”
― Elizabeth LaBan, Not Perfect

“Tabitha nodded, like she was talking to Holly directly. When she got Fern out of the tub, into fresh pajamas, and watching television, she gave her a big glass of ice water, which Fern happily sipped. All was well for about two hours, until Levi didn’t come home.”
― Elizabeth LaBan, Not Perfect

“motherhood seemed like a very long game of Whac-A-Mole to her—that crazy game at the arcade where you had to keep whacking the moles to win. You just manage to control one and the next one pops u”
― Elizabeth LaBan, Not Perfect

“Her rule to live by is that if you’re engaged in a rewarding line of work and always reading one good book or another, you will generally be in a better mood. I”
― Elizabeth LaBan, The Restaurant Critic's Wife

“Wait here one second,” Tabitha said, sprinting out of the big kitchen, trying not to slip on the tile, and bumping right into Levi heading to the bathroom. She stopped short and took a deep breath, glad Fern was wrong. She didn’t want to be late for her interview. “Morning, Monkey,” she said casually. “You okay?”
― Elizabeth LaBan, Not Perfect

“Now I have two sleeping children, sleet, and no place to park since there is no parking on our street. When we first moved here, that seemed like a good thing. Now I’m not so sure. I decide that I will just wait here until something happens: someone wakes up; the sleet stops; my children grow up. Something. There’s”
― Elizabeth LaBan, The Restaurant Critic's Wife

“motherhood seemed like a very long game of Whac-A-Mole to her—that crazy game at the arcade where you had to keep whacking the moles to win. You just manage to control one and the next one pops up”
― Elizabeth LaBan, Not Perfect

“Tabitha Brewer listened for footsteps before pulling the small notebook out of the junk drawer. She leafed through the pages, seeing that each day had a slightly longer”
― Elizabeth LaBan, Not Perfect