182 quotes found
“Ive never gotten a love letter before. But reading these notes like this, one after the other, it feels like I have. Its like . . . its like theres only ever been Peter. Like everyone else that cam...”
“It wasnt every day that I got to see him, but when I did I knew I was on the right path and that life, while still shifting, was always improving for the better.”
“She would seize every opportunity to dive into the bathroom, in a swirl of white towels, and once in there she was as hard to dislodge as a limpet from a rock.”
“Day blame ornery youngins.”
“Only humans can hurt one another, Ada thought; only humans falter and betray one another with a stunning, fearsome frequency. As David's family had done to him; as David had done to her. And Ada wo...”
“When I was about nine, my siblings and I fell out of our moving van at an intersection. My dad didnt notice for about five blocks. It was back before seat belts. It was also back before parents use...”
“It was the sibling thing, I suppose. I was fascinated by the intricate tangle of love and duty and resentment that tied them together. The glances they exchanged; the complicated balance of power e...”
“Everyone has a colorful life. You just have to get out your crayons.”
“...one can never leave home...one carries the shadows, the dreams, the dragons of home under one's skin, at the extreme corners of one's eyes...”
“Places are supposed to look smaller when you go back to them, but my road just looked schizoid. A couple of the houses had had nifty little makeovers involving double glazing and amusing faux-antiq...”
“Family are people who never earn your respect or love but demand it nevertheless.”
“How did so many women get to this unhappy place of not understanding how truly "simple" men are in their requirements and how much benevolent power their wives have over them? Why did notions like ...”
“Maybe she'd never really known her mother at all. And if you couldn't know the person whose body was your first home, then who could you ever know?”
“And you, Mom. I loved you. You've asked if i felt and understood that you loved me. of course I did. And you know this. I loved your love because it kept me safe and happy and wanted, and it existe...”
“Everything's temporary...until it's not.”
“I was a watchful boy being raised by a father I didnt admire. In a desperate way, I needed the guidance of someone who could show me another way of becoming a man. It was sometime during the year w...”
“You know the saying? Don't go in if you don't have a skin.”
“Maybe I stepped into the skin my mother left behind, and became the girl my mother had been, the one she still wanted to be. Maybe I was wearing her youth now like an airy scarf, an accessory, all ...”
“Ladies if A Man is More Invested and Concerned About Your Assets....He Is A Liability”
“Bad luck doesn't have any chinks in it. I was born a son of a bitch and I'm going to die a son of a bitch. - Captain Roque Carnicero”
