“It's harder to appreciate what you don't have to look hard to find.”
― The Divorce Party
― The Divorce Party
“Josh had told me a long time ago that he had this theory that an entire relationship was based on what occurred over the course of the first five minutes you know each other. That everything that came after those first minutes was just details being filled in. Meaning: you already knew how deep the love was, how instinctually you felt about someone.
What happened in their first five minutes?
Time stopped.”
― London is the Best City in America
What happened in their first five minutes?
Time stopped.”
― London is the Best City in America
“These things...they are who you are. They brought you here. To this day. You didn't give me a chance to understand that ever the unattractive parts of you, the messy parts, were something I could accept.”
― The Divorce Party
― The Divorce Party
“Ruthie started to cry at Julia's use of the word "hate," though Ruthie knew it was true, accurate. For a long time now it had been easier just to hate her sister. Easier to try to define the relationship with that simple emotion than to live with the conflicting set of feelings Julia brought forth.”
― A Soft Place to Land
― A Soft Place to Land
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