Marianne

“An e-mail can in no way replace a written letter. It does concern me that one day all the advancement of technology will do away with the post”
― Virginia Evans, The Correspondent

“I thought you were vegetarian!” “I am, but I’ve never really felt that chickens were sentient beings.”
― Anne Tyler, Three Days in June

“So long as we stayed inside this house, no one would know he was here. Not in the daytime, maybe, but at night anyway, nobody could get to us. We were like three people not so much inhabiting Earth as orbiting above it. Not that either, exactly. The configuration was two and one. They were like the two Apollo astronauts who moved together along the surface of the moon, while their trusty companion stayed behind in the space capsule, monitoring the controls and making sure things were all right. Somewhere far below, the citizens of Earth awaited their return. But for the moment, time was suspended, and not even atmosphere existed.”
― Joyce Maynard, Labor Day

“Anger feels so much better than sadness. Cleaner, somehow, and more definite. But then when the anger fades, the sadness comes right back again the same as ever.”
― Anne Tyler