Jerry Drook

“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

“I know life well enough to know you can’t count on things staying around or standing still, no matter how much you want them to.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“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

“Marriage is about commitment. It’s about loyalty. It’s not about happiness. Happiness is secondary. And ultimately, marriage is about children.” She gives me a knowing look. “If you had a baby, no matter how unhappy you were together, you’d have stayed together. Children bind you. They connect you. That’s what marriage is about.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, After I Do