Jerry Drook
https://www.goodreads.com/drooklaw
She laughs. It is the simplest, purest joy on earth, I realise, to make someone you care about laugh.
“Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart
until, in our own despair, against our will,
comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
―
falls drop by drop upon the heart
until, in our own despair, against our will,
comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
―
“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.”
― Little Children
― Little Children
“I’m not saying, “Hey, isn’t my life great, isn’t yours rubbish?” Just that I try to spend my days doing as many of the things that I enjoy and hardly any time doing the things I don’t.’ ‘Such as working,’ I said. ‘Yes,’ he said. ‘Such as that.”
― The Mistake I Made
― The Mistake I Made
“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.”
― After I Do
― After I Do
“The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love.”
― The River We Remember
― The River We Remember
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