Nicolette Terry

“There are two kinds of people in this world: those who know where their high school yearbook is and those who do not.”
― Sloane Crosley, I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays

“The hardest lesson is Clare’s solitude. Sometimes I come home and Clare seems kind of irritated; I’ve interrupted some train of thought, broken into the dreary silence of her day. Sometimes I see an expression on Clare’s face that is like a closed door. She has gone inside the room of her mind and is sitting there knitting or something. I’ve discovered that Clare likes to be alone. But when I return from time traveling she is always relieved to see me.”
― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

“and there's something about having an especially different name that makes it difficult to imagine what you would be like as a Jennifer.”
― Sloane Crosley, I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays

“Kids across the country have grown up accepting the idea that no one can harm your family if at least one of its adult members is in the shower. No one knows why.”
― Sloane Crosley, I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays