Life, we say at dinner parties or while we’re tsk-tsking the evening news, is so short, and then she proves it.
“I imagined the lies the valedictorian was telling them right now. About the exciting future that lies ahead. I wish she’d tell them the truth: Half of you have gone as far in life as you’re ever going to. Look around. It’s all downhill from here.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander
“Did you know that the parts of the brain involved in decision-making aren’t fully developed until you’re twenty-five years old?”
― Then She Was Gone
― Then She Was Gone
“I’ve basically turned into Liza Minnelli: I’m dancing in tights and sequins, begging you to love me.”
― Gone Girl
― Gone Girl
“Dad always watched TCM when he was drinking,”
― Fairy Tale
― Fairy Tale
“It was unbearable, he would not think about it, he could not stand it. . . . There was a terrible hollow inside him he did not want to feel or examine, a dark hole where Sirius had been, where Sirius had vanished. He did not want to have to be alone with that great, silent space, he could not stand it —”
― Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
― Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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