Susan

“and if you don’t read all of it you won’t find out the secret word. And then the people in your book club will totally know that you stopped reading after this paragraph and will realize that you’re a big, fat fake. Okay, fine. The secret word is “Snausages.” The end.”
― Jenny Lawson, Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

“Whodunnits are all about truth: nothing more, nothing less. In a world full of uncertainties, is it not inherently satisfying to come to the last page with every i dotted and every t crossed? The stories mimic our experience in the world. We are surrounded by tensions and ambiguities, which we spend half our life trying to resolve, and we’ll probably be on our own deathbed when we reach that moment when everything makes sense. Just about every whodunnit provides that pleasure.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Magpie Murders

“Nothing stays the same forever. . . Not gardens, or love affairs. Not joy, or sorrow either. Animals die. Children grow up. The thing you have to learn is to accept the changes when they come. Welcome them if you can. See what they bring into your life that wasn't there before.”
― Joyce Maynard, The Bird Hotel

“Pretty much everyone hates high school. It’s a measure of your humanity, I suspect. If you enjoyed high school, you were probably a psychopath or a cheerleader. Or possibly both.”
― Jenny Lawson, Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir