Janelle

“I sat evaluating
myself.

I decided
to lie down.”
― Melba Colgrove, How to Survive the Loss of a Love

“...and that's how the tournament started, the Million Dollar World Series of Monopoly...

...Jess and Pete thought alike -- like city boys, my father would have said, looking for the payoff in a situation rather than the pitfall. Rose and Ty and I played like farmers, looking for pitfalls, holes, drop-offs, something small that will tip the tractor, break it, eat into your time, your crop, the profits that already exist in your mind, and not only as a result of crop projections and long-range forecasts, but also as an ideal that has never been attained, but could be this year.”
― Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres

“there is nothing to be done.

only accept it...

and hurt.”
― Peter McWilliams, How to Survive the Loss of a Love

“Sometimes you know before you know.”
― Elizabeth Berg, Range of Motion