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“The thing is, though, when you listen too carefully, too closely, day after day, to that pain, to that keening, it can take a toll. Because to really listen is to feel it, isn’t it?”
― I See You've Called in Dead
― I See You've Called in Dead
“When I think of James now, I think of that man waving. He is not a villain. He is a man with his own wounds. He is my children’s father, the source of many years of love and happiness. He is someone who made decisions about his own life, his own future. He is someone I can survive without. He is someone I don’t know. He is someone who doesn’t know me.”
― Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
― Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
“Sam is making his fiancée a grilled cheese sandwich while worrying that she might leave him.
He’s scared he’s about to lose the person he loves. There’s not a fear on this earth more common than that.”
― One True Loves
He’s scared he’s about to lose the person he loves. There’s not a fear on this earth more common than that.”
― One True Loves
“Falling in love was like being a celebrity to one person. The irony was that Noah was actually famous.”
― Into the Blue
― Into the Blue
“Lawyers, we get a bad rap. We’re just storytellers. The only difference is, unlike a book or movie, we don’t say whether the story is true or false. That’s for other people to decide. Besides, they say each time a memory is recalled, the mind slightly alters it. This memory I’m about to share may no longer resemble the truth, so frequently have I retrieved it.”
― The Three Lives of Cate Kay
― The Three Lives of Cate Kay
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