Status Updates From Life: A Love Story

At first, I did. But on the plane ride home I came back to you, Flo, to you and me together. I vowed to forget about her. But the truth is I never did. And once or twice a year I would call her. And...
Then came a silence so deep and I knew. I said, You have a child with her. He said, I do. A son. -p191
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Why, I'd put a kindness booth on the sidewalk in front of my house if I thought I could get away with it. A kindness stopping off point, you come down the street and stop in front of my booth and I tell you something to make you feel good. Or give you a donut or a flower, your choice. I wish I could do that, Ruthie, just thinking about it makes me feel better. -page 185

She had a friend who used to say love was just so people would procreate, but it’s not true. Love is so that people have a REASON. -Page 156

One is I thought maybe I'd like to find her a little gift because of how she gifted others. The other reason is I thought maybe I would hold that idea inside to look forward to. I'm sure you've heard this, Mildred, but they say you need someone to love, something to do-"
"And something to look forward to," Mildred says.
"Right. So that is one of my something to look forward to. Page 127

Seems like a lot of people begin at some point to get concerned about that, mostly women, as they are the more responsible of the species, let's put the cards on the table, it's usually the women doing most of the organizing and caretaking and the decision-making. Page 118

I'll tell you true, Ruthie, this is a crowded house.
Long about in my mid-seventies, saw it was happening that my things were beginning to own me rather than the other way around. So many things. Page 118

Flo has always loved that her neighborhood is near the little branch library. It's no more than a five-minute walk from Flo's house, and she decides she'll go there today to ask some questions of the librarian that might help with Teresa.
She puts on a black dress with blue Howers, one of her favorites, never mind the fraying on the edge of one side of the belt. Page 66