Paula Katon

“Amat is sitting in a corner, doing his very best imitation of an empty corner.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“she only ever seemed to bring out the worst in men. They either wanted to control her, touch her, dominate her, silence her, correct her, or tell her what to do.”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“It was the sudden memory of Jane Houlton in the waiting room that caused Olive to walk to the bed—the freedom of that ordinary banter, because Jack, in the doctor’s office, had needed her, had given her a place in the world.”
― Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge

“Tom placed his beer on the glass-topped garden table. Were I to dream again, I would dream myself into this room, at this hour. I would take the fading cushion beside him.”
― Alice McDermott, Someone