Goodreads helps you follow your favorite authors. Be the first to learn about new releases!
Start by following Jack Dane.
Showing 1-23 of 23
“There’s a battle happening in my exhausted, sleep-deprived brain. Part of me wants to believe that all of this is just in my head, and I’m concocting narratives to fill the emptiness in my own life.”
― The Apartment Across the Hall
― The Apartment Across the Hall
“As I’ve grown older, I’ve come to understand that most of her life advice was really just things she wished she could fix about her own self.”
― We're Like Family Here
― We're Like Family Here
“Ron—or Noah, as he’s calling himself now—stands there in the doorway, his arms crossed over his chest as he shakes his head.”
― Such Lovely Neighbors
― Such Lovely Neighbors
“Jane Walter and my wife’s best friend Katherine May are the same person.”
― His First Wife
― His First Wife
“I’ve seen it said that New York City, despite being the biggest city in the country, has some of the loneliest people. I know it’s true—I’m one of them.”
― The Apartment Across the Hall
― The Apartment Across the Hall
“Spencer seems to be under the impression that all is forgiven, that I took his infidelity in stride and have moved on. Only the days have, not my feelings.”
― His First Wife
― His First Wife
“The single word written in frosting across one of the cupcakes among a dozen others. RUN.”
― Such Lovely Neighbors
― Such Lovely Neighbors
“This place… it gets to people,” Lily says finally. “It’ll test you.”
― Such Lovely Neighbors
― Such Lovely Neighbors
“I glance down at my Crocs, which are navy blue and stuffed with little shoe charms in nearly every hole. Not the most stylish attire admittedly, but they’re comfy, and they’re me.”
― The Apartment Across the Hall
― The Apartment Across the Hall
“The questions only grow louder as I see only a single sheet of loose-leaf paper, with what appears to be a handwritten message on it. You don’t know your husband.”
― His First Wife
― His First Wife
“Everyone here follows the rules. Fits in. Do the same, and maybe you’ll be fine.”
― Such Lovely Neighbors
― Such Lovely Neighbors
“You don’t know your husband. It’s only five words. Five words that have my throat tightening and eyes rapid-blinking.”
― His First Wife
― His First Wife
“There isn’t much worse that could happen to me, and somehow that fills me with a sense of indignation that wasn’t there only moments ago.”
― The Apartment Across the Hall
― The Apartment Across the Hall
“Sometimes sacrifices have to be made in the short term to get what you want in the long term.”
― We're Like Family Here
― We're Like Family Here
“I don’t know what it is about food service, but each and every shift seems to suck the life out of me. Maybe it’s having to stay in a state of constant motion for eight straight hours without a break. Maybe it’s the nagging customers that always seem to have a problem and you can never keep happy. Whatever it is, it leaves hardly any energy for anything else,”
― The New Sitter
― The New Sitter
“Lily jams the butt of her cigarette into the cement base of the bench with a shake of her head. “I lost my husband,” she says. My hand comes up to my chest. “Oh my—I’m so sorry. I had no idea.” Lily ignores my apologies, instead centering her piercing blue eyes on me before she speaks again. “Just be careful you don’t lose yours too.”
― Such Lovely Neighbors
― Such Lovely Neighbors
“After all, a success story isn’t much of a story without some struggle in it.”
― We're Like Family Here
― We're Like Family Here
“Fear and anxiety isn’t really conducive to creativity.”
― Such Lovely Neighbors
― Such Lovely Neighbors
“Secrets don’t stay secrets long in the suburbs I guess.”
― Such Lovely Neighbors
― Such Lovely Neighbors
“I lean against the counter and shut my eyes tight, working to regulate my breathing. It’s vital that I manage my thoughts before they overwhelm me completely. Somewhere in my brain, Dr. DeLuca’s words echo, but they are tiny and weak.”
― The Apartment Across the Hall
― The Apartment Across the Hall
“Killing someone is easy enough. A couple stabs, and it’s done. It’s getting away with it that’s the hard part.”
― We're Like Family Here
― We're Like Family Here
“That’s one of the many things I love about dogs. They’re always ecstatic to see you again, no matter how many hours, minutes or seconds it’s been since you last saw them.”
― Such Lovely Neighbors
― Such Lovely Neighbors
“hear the sink running behind the closed bathroom door and use the opportunity to let out a fart I’ve been holding in for the past twenty minutes.”
― His First Wife
― His First Wife
