Karen Beck

“She knew there was a price to be paid with important relationships like that. They were wonderful, but they also had the capacity to exact a punishing price when one in the relationship was gone. Grief, sadness, anger at a loss, and terrible, unrelenting hurt were the costs to be paid for loving and being loved. It felt completely worth the bargain right up until the very moment payment was demanded. She”
― David Baldacci, Strangers in Time

“It's incredible what one can accomplish with the power of a library card.”
― Alan Hlad, The Book Spy

“It's funny how we lay memories out like quilting squares, arranging them by color and feel, seeing which ones look best next to another and which ones we need to toss altogether.”
― Donna VanLiere, The Good Dream

“What is wrong with him?” “Well, for starters, he’s a man.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce