Kristin

“If something happened to me, I have no idea what would happen to that cellar. Maybe - maybe - one of my cousins would know that they were worth something? But I could also see someone donating them to some church. Here, they'd say, carting in box after box of wine. Guess you should be all set on communion juice for a while.”
― Nickolas Butler, A Forty Year Kiss

“TOP FIVE THINGS I WANT FOR MY LIFE
1. I want to quit drinking.
2. I want to move to a big city. Minneapolis or Saint Paul. But maybe Milwaukee or Duluth or even Chicago.
3. I want to earn my MBA.
4. I want a job with benefits. I want two weeks of vacation, every year. I want to get my eyes checked and my teeth cleaned.
5. I want to see a glacier before they're all gone.”
― Nickolas Butler, A Forty Year Kiss

“Her mom starts to sob but it's a different tenor than it has been all these years, not choked in grief but laced in joy, because love and loss are the flip sides of the same coin. She's grieving Amber because she lost her, but she's not entirely losing her because she loves her.”
― Gayle Forman, After Life

“As a farmer, he collected everything. Anything and everything that came to rest on their farm was a treasure. Or a potential treasure. He housed it all in various outbuildings.”
― Nickolas Butler, A Forty Year Kiss