Jerry Drook

“The way to turn an ex-lover into a friend is to never stop loving them, to know that when one phase of a relationship ends it can transform into something else. It is to acknowledge that love is both a constant and a variable at the same time.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“When there’s a dead body in the room, you never, ever answer cops’ questions without your lawyer present. Which is to say, your lawyer answers the questions by saying, “We have nothing to say at this time.”
― Paul Levine, Bum Rap

“Shakespeare said only our bad deeds live after us,” Victoria, the smart one, said. “The good is oft interred with their bones.”
― Paul Levine, Bum Rap

“She was the kind of woman who always surprised you with the realization that she was just as lovely as you remembered, though it hardly seemed possible in her absence.”
― Tom Perrotta, Little Children