“My acquaintances are many, my friends are few; those who really know me fewer still.”
― In Cold Blood
― In Cold Blood
“There are many ways to give witness to faith.”
― Smaller and Smaller Circles
― Smaller and Smaller Circles
“Ed said to Madeline, “Why don’t you have snacks in your bag? What sort of woman are you?” “This is a clutch!” Madeline”
― Big Little Lies
― Big Little Lies
“She didn’t want to admit, even to herself, just how much the aging of her face really did genuinely depress her. She wanted to be above such superficial concerns. She wanted to be depressed about the state of the world, not the crumpling and creasing of her skin. Each time she saw evidence of the natural aging of her body, she felt irrationally ashamed, as if she weren’t trying hard enough.”
― Big Little Lies
― Big Little Lies
“After all, it was "painful" to imagine that one might be "not just right"—particularly if what was wrong was not your fault but "maybe a thing you were born with.”
― In Cold Blood
― In Cold Blood
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