

“I hadn't realized how much I'd been needing to meet someone I might be able to say everything to.”
― Talk Before Sleep
― Talk Before Sleep

“When people kill themselves, they think they're ending the pain, but all they're doing is passing it on to those they leave behind.”
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“There is love in holding and there is love in letting go.”
― The Year of Pleasures
― The Year of Pleasures

“Is that a bulletproof vest? See, now that's so insulting. That's like saying I'm not smart enough to shoot you in the head."
Eddie DeChooch”
― Seven Up
Eddie DeChooch”
― Seven Up

“There are random moments - tossing a salad, coming up the driveway to the house, ironing the seams flat on a quilt square, standing at the kitchen window and looking out at the delphiniums, hearing a burst of laughter from one of my children's rooms - when I feel a wavelike rush of joy. This is my true religion: arbitrary moments of of nearly painful happiness for a life I feel privileged to lead.”
― The Art of Mending
― The Art of Mending
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