“He wasn’t just the boss—he was the fun police.”
― Thin Air
― Thin Air
“How did we get here?' Sophie asks.
'We drove our cars,' I say, teasing.
She makes a face and signals for more wine. 'Funny,' she says. 'I mean to this place in our lives when everything seems so perfect but isn't?”
― Lying Next to Me
'We drove our cars,' I say, teasing.
She makes a face and signals for more wine. 'Funny,' she says. 'I mean to this place in our lives when everything seems so perfect but isn't?”
― Lying Next to Me
“And when that happens, the only control you have is how you deal with that stick—your way, not the way others say you should.”
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
“He offered up his famous specialty—grilled flounder stuffed with shrimp served on pimento-cheese grits—only a few times a year.”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
“Music is a way of transporting emotion from one breast to another. It is a way of knowing the unknowable, of feeling what we can never allow ourselves to confront in any other way. These agonies and ecstasies—they can break us, use us up, burn us away unless we shield our hearts with music.”
― The Ragged Edge of Night
― The Ragged Edge of Night
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