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(Although even in her twenties, Charlie wasn’t what you’d call eye candy: her looks had always been sharp edged and intense, more like eye tequila.)
Katherine Heiny • Games and Rituals
It’s the ‘moment of truth’.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Send Out Thin Mints
Jeffrey Zaslow • The Last Lecture
"I'd rather have you, Ellador, than all the children in the world. I'd rather have you with me—on your own terms—than not to have you."
Charlotte Gilman • Herland
On this particular cold and drizzly Friday night, Lidl was also a place to hide. He did not want to go home. Friday nights, traditionally assigned to partying and relief and enjoyment, were becoming increasingly depressing. He did not want to go home at the end of yet another week to the woman standing at the sink with the different mouth, to feel
... See moreDiana Evans • Ordinary People: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
don’t want my children to grow up to be the kind of people who eat rice with a knife.’
Diana Evans • Ordinary People: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
In twenty years, Joel has never been able to figure out why Fawn had liked him when she was overweight and awkward, and why she dislikes him now that she’s slender and pretty. He doesn’t seem to understand everyone has standards—some people just hardly ever get to apply theirs.
Katherine Heiny • Games and Rituals
As an adult, Alan still stays in close touch with his mother and does whatever he can to help make her life easier.