Dianne

“the older I get, the more convinced I am that every hurt the world has ever known is somehow the fault of every person who ever lived. Maybe not directly and never entirely, but somehow, I fear, we own all of the world’s hurts together.”
― Allen Levi, Theo of Golden

“was step one in your experiment? This is my life, Felix. This is all I have.” She huffed out the breath she’d been holding. “I never stood a chance.” “That’s not true. It’s just not the case. We’ve stayed together. We’re still here, still us.” “We’ve never been us,” she said. “There is no us. We were both pretending.”
― Patrick Ryan, Buckeye

“Skip would then collect the nickel and carry the book on his bicycle over to the next house, where he would leave it in the mailbox and put the flag up. At the drugstore, the four men shared their reactions and thoughts.”
― Patrick Ryan, Buckeye

“You know who apologizes? People who need to, for their own sake. People who are trying to do themselves a favor.”
― Patrick Ryan, Buckeye