“Now I must listen again to Claude’s set piece on menu terms, as if he’s the first ever to spot these unimportant absurdities. He lingers on “pan-fried.” What is pan but a deceitful benediction on the vulgar and unhealthy fried?”
― Nutshell
― Nutshell
“Physical Education, a fast-moving romp about four teenagers who try to kidnap their math teacher but accidentally end up with their gym teacher.”
― Long Island Compromise
― Long Island Compromise
“She got off the train, and John-Paul lifted a hand and smiled. Janie waved back, and as she walked down the railway platform toward him, it came to her with a tiny, bitter shock of self-revelation that it wasn’t that she liked Connor more than John-Paul, it was that she liked John-Paul far too much. It was a strain being with someone so good-looking and smart and funny and nice. She was dazzled by John-Paul. Connor was dazzled by her. And it was more fun doing the dazzling. Girls were meant to do the dazzling. John-Paul’s interest”
― The Husband's Secret
― The Husband's Secret
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