Eileen Patterson

“It said a lot about the choices you made in life when jogging actually lowered your heart rate. By”
― Jana Deleon, Later Gator

“No one speaks the truth to anyone anymore. Lies either by omission or purposefully have become our national pastime. Backstabbing is an Olympic sport. Or at least it should be.”
― Gregg Olsen, The Sound of Rain

“Reggie had always been a quiet kid, even with her own family, and part of the reason for this was that she never knew the right thing to say. Words didn’t come easily to her, they were stumbling blocks rather than lines of connection. And only later, after the fact, when she was replaying conversations in her head late at night, did the right words come—a cruel joke, too little, too late.”
― Jennifer McMahon, The One I Left Behind

“Lots of people professed to be open-minded and not judge other people, but it was something people said because it sounded good rather than the truth.”
― Lucinda Berry, Missing Parts