Lori

“Be grateful for the time you've had with him. A little bit of grace. That's what a good dog is, you know. A little bit of grace.”
― Stephen King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

“One, I was an asshole in eleventh grade. Ask literally anyone…. Two is still that I was an asshole. I hadn’t given any serious thought to geopolitical realities. I was just talking big- and taking the stance that matched my outfits.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Slow Dance

“Tess is a bit shy," her mother used to tell people in an audible whisper, her hand over her mouth. "Gets it from her father, I'm afraid." Tess had heard the cheerful disrespect in her mother's voice and had come to believe that any form of shyness was wrong- morally wrong, in fact. You should want to go to parties. You should want to be surrounded by people. No wonder she felt so ashamed of her shyness, as if it were an embarrassing physical ailment that needed to be hidden at all costs.”
― Liane Moriarty, The Husband's Secret

“Today is "tree decorating day." It's not my favorite day of the year, but it's not the worst either. For instance, I like it better than "root canal day" and "food poisoning day" and "colonoscopy day.”
― David Rosenfelt