Lauryn

“The fact that there was a way for her to not be in excruciating pain every day and the only thing holding us back from the cure was money infuriated me. It just wasn’t fair that the people who got the best treatment were the ones who could pay for it. While the rest of us were at the mercy of our meager bank accounts, even though we worked just as hard.”
― Lucinda Berry, If You Tell a Lie

“I couldn’t help but realize how alive I felt. Really, truly alive, after all these years. Like how you do when you’re a kid and each day is a brand-new and exciting adventure. Where you wake up sprinting out of bed rather than wanting to immediately lie back down and pull the covers over your head. I spent most of my days sleepwalking through my life, with all the days blending together as one.”
― Lucinda Berry, If You Tell a Lie

“Soon, Kate and Nick were in the kitchen, aprons on, knives in hand. She was slicing tomatoes, and he was chopping onions. Bacon was sizzling under the broiler, and chicken was cooking on the stovetop grill. A pot of pasta water was heating on one burner, a stainless steel pan was warming on another, and in a saucepan, butter was melting. “What are we making, exactly?” Nick asked. “Cheesy pasta with onion, bacon, tomato, spinach, and chicken,” she said. “Comfort food. I thought we could both use a dose of it. My own famous recipe. Here, hand me those onions, will you? And get the milk out of the fridge?” As the pasta bubbled in the water, Kate began sautéing the onions. “This’ll be your job,” she said to Nick, handing him the spatula and stepping away from her post in front of the pan. “Caramelize. Don’t burn. And then add the tomatoes and, last, the spinach.” “Yes, ma’am.” He smiled. While he was doing that, Kate added a few tablespoons of flour to the melted butter in the saucepan and stirred to make a roux. To that, she added the milk and the shredded cheese. Ten minutes later, they were back at their table with heaping bowls of pasta in front of them.”
― Wendy Webb, Daughters of the Lake

“hyperphagia. That’s an increased drive to eat and impaired satiety.’ That means they’re still hungry after they eat.”
― Lucinda Berry, If You Tell a Lie