“—That’s the problem with being born in New York, the old newsman observed a little sadly. You’ve got no New York to run away to.”
― Rules of Civility
― Rules of Civility
“I envy the tireless intimacy of women’s friendship, its lastingness, and its unbendable strength.”
― A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life
― A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life
“No story is a straight line. The geometry of a human life is too imperfect and complex, too distorted by the laughter of time and the bewildering intricacies of fate to admit the straight line into its system of laws.”
― Beach Music
― Beach Music
Michelle’s 2025 Year in Books
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