“We had all wanted the simplest thing, to love and be loved and be safe together, but we had lost it and I didn’t know how to get it back.”
― Bastard Out of Carolina
― Bastard Out of Carolina
“Yesterday was surreal. At times K was almost back to herself…funny…interested and relatively mobile. She was tactile and we kissed…she whispered naughty comments into my ear…achingly beautiful…I love her so much”
― More Than Love, A Husband's Tale
― More Than Love, A Husband's Tale
“She’d worn anxiety like a thick robe for so long that it was hard for her to take it off.”
― In Our Bones
― In Our Bones
“You piece of shit, you need a wife; a woman’s touch in your life.’ But who would marry someone like me? Being a PI isn’t exactly the best profession to be in to attract a wife. I’ve read about too many investigators and policemen who end up divorced and I certainly fall into that category.”
― Treacherous Estate
― Treacherous Estate
“I've seen what human beings can do-"
"You've seen what... but not why! That's where God is, Anne. In the why of it - in the meaning”
― The Sparrow
"You've seen what... but not why! That's where God is, Anne. In the why of it - in the meaning”
― The Sparrow
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