with the volume turned to just above Jackhammer and just below Permanent Brain Damage.
“He knew it didn’t quite have anything to do with him, but some days, often when he least expected it, he removed his sympathy from her and took it back to wrap around himself.”
― Ask Again, Yes
― Ask Again, Yes
“And once out, Eleanor thought silently, you can’t put it back any more than returning a mist of perfume to a bottle once it has been sprayed.”
― The Lost Girls of Paris
― The Lost Girls of Paris
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.”
― The Paris Library
― The Paris Library
“some point over the years, our children suddenly decide that they have free rein to parent us. It starts slowly. A comment here, a suggestion there. And then they take over, fully and completely, as though you didn’t do a perfectly fine job raising them in the first place.”
― The Wedding Veil
― The Wedding Veil
“Bending over, she brushed her hair for maximum Farrah volume, then sprayed it with enough Aqua Net to stop a bug in flight.”
― Firefly Lane
― Firefly Lane
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