Lindy Beaman

“.. it doesn't matter if you understand another person's pain because their injury is real nonetheless.”
― Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest

“...-and this may surprise you," she said, picking up a slab of top sirloin, "---meat is about seventy-two percent water."
"Like lettuce," Harriet whispered.
"Obviously not like lettuce," Elizabeth said, "which contains far more water---....”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“You did a pretty good job on her signature," Mad said, examining the note Harriet had written to get Mad out of school. "Except for the E and the Z."
"Well," Harriet said, irritated, "aren't I lucky the school doesn't employ forensic handwriting experts."
"You really are," Mad agreed.”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“And then what happened?"

What happened? Frask thought. Well, I spread vicious rumors about your mother, which culminated in her firing, which led directly to her state of penury, which led to an eventual return to Hastings, which led to your mother screaming at me in the women's bathroom, which led to the discovery that we'd both been sexually assaulted, which led to our inability to get our PhDs, which led to unfulfilling careers in a company led by a handful of incompetent assholes. That's what happened.

But instead she said, "Well, your mom decided it would be more fun to stay at home and have you.”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry