lonnie

“His philosophy of life had changed as he got older—he believed now in marriage, constancy, and no birth control.”
― Alice Munro, Too Much Happiness

“It’s sort of like a dream, Jonah continued. I keep thinking when will I wake up, you know? Like maybe I should ask someone to punch me. You mean pinch you? A pinch wouldn’t wake me up from this.”
― Mona Awad, Bunny

“If she’d had the confidence then, if she’d known how to apply for a passport and buy a ticket and board a plane when she was young enough to walk away.”
― Sarah Moss, Summerwater

“Her body, with her unadorned shorts and naked torso, reminded me of the little green peppers that I had fumbled with as a child in the fields under the blazing summer sun.”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over