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American author
“There was a strange but universal understanding among women. On some level all women knew, they all understood, the fear of being outnumbered, of being helpless. It throbbed in their chests when th...”
“She looked like autumn, when leaves turned and fruit ripened.”
“We decided to become a society of women, a club to make sure women were protected. The club was something important back then. Not like it is today.”
“To this day she could make tap water boil just by kissing him.”
“You can't change where you come from, but you can change where you go from here. Just like a book. If you don't like the ending, you can make up a new one.”
“Yellow joy was radiating from her. When you're happy for yourself, it fills you. When you're happy for someone else, it pours over. It was almost too bright to watch.”
“The word lethologica describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.”
“Did I ever tell you about the day I finally let go of him? That day that led me to you?”
“But relying on one person for your every need is so dangerous. One set of hands isn't enough to keep you from falling”
“It had always fascinated him that she'd consumed so many words, that her head was full of stories, told a thousand different ways.”
“Jack thought anyone who read couldn't be all that bad.”
“The books I read when I was twenty completely changed when I read them when I was sixty.”
“Love always hurts. Thats one thing I know you know. But its worth it. Thats what you dont know. Yet.”
“It was a remarkable realization to Eby, that we are what we're taught. That was why the Morris women were what they were. It was because they knew no different.”
“He stared up at the moon, which looked like a giant hole in the sky, letting light through to the other side.”
“Snow flurries began to fall and they swirled around people's legs like house cats. It was magical, this snow globe world.”
“Like magic, she felt him getting nearer, felt it like a pull in the pit of her stomach. It felt like hunger but deeper, heavier. Like the best kind of expectation. Ice cream expectation. Chocolate ...”
“She went to the window. A fine sheen of sugary frost covered everything in sight, and white smoke rose from chimneys in the valley below the resort town. The window opened to a rush of sharp early ...”
“Sitting at the old patio table shed cleared of leaves, she smiled and leaned back. The stars looked twisted in the limbs of the trees, like Christmas lights. She felt like part of the hollow around...”
“Business was doing well, because all the locals knew that dishes made from the flowers that grew around the apple tree in the Waverley garden could affect the eater in curious ways. The biscuits wi...”
