“I had spent a lifetime hating my appearance in the present and then appreciating it in retrospect.”
― The Life Impossible
― The Life Impossible
“It occurs to her that at any particular moment, you can only be most alarmed about one thing.”
― This Is a Love Story
― This Is a Love Story
“Memory is a sieve that catches only the most important moments. The insignificant details of daily life don’t stick; instead, they flow through the sieve. Then there are experiences that are unusual, set apart from the everyday, that carry an emotional charge. These we often hold on to, turning them over and over.”
― The Tell: A Memoir
― The Tell: A Memoir
“When you grieve someone you see their message in everything. Even in the sunlight on a blade of grass. The whole world becomes their translator.”
― The Life Impossible
― The Life Impossible
“It’s almost painful, the way little children just trustingly hold out their hearts for you to look at—the way they haven’t learned yet how to conceal what matters to them, even if it’s just chewing gum or a plush dolphin or plastic binoculars.”
― Sandwich
― Sandwich
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