If only she had never stolen Sarah-Charlotte’s milk. None of this would have happened.
Her laughter began low and quiet then rose in pitch and flickered all over the room, like blood splatter.
Who was Florinda, and why did she faint so often that she needed a special couch on which to do it?
There were no Middle Ages in America, dumb-o, said his sister. White people hadn’t gotten here yet. Only Europe had Middle Ages.
Stephen had just come from a class discussion in which several students believed that the right cup of herbal tea would save them from pain and sorrow. Well acquainted with pain and sorrow, Stephen di...
Rents were high, according to the ads in real estate agents’ windows, but not killer high.
Michael took pictures of everybody. We’ll want to remember this, he told Janie.
I must remember that. Things become what you expect them to become. But I am granite. Nothing can shatter me.
He pressed the icy glass against his cheek, literally trying to chill out.
Perhaps nobody knows anybody.
Her eye was caught by a pile of red hair on the seat next to her. She had forgotten about the stupid little girl. She could not remember what her plans had been. What was she supposed to do with this...
He got out in a middle-aged kind of way, locked the car, and ambled along.
Everybody was outdoors. This was the walkingest place Brian had ever seen.
Every time he calls, I nag him to study. I hear that boys don’t like to be nagged. Me too, but it’s irresistible. You always want to take the boy and mold him into something better.
At the church, Brian took charge of Frank, handling him as well as any medic, keeping the extra parents of the bride happy.
What capacity the Indians had not to worry. In Deerfield, all had been worry. Worry about the Lord, worry about sin. Worry about today, worry about tomorrow. Worry about crops, worry about children.Bu...
What would she have? Coke, said Annie. And when she tasted the familiar drink, how much less scary the world was, and how much less frightening her task.
To be believed, you had to have the support of the Somebodies
The only good things about his eighteenth year were the things he hadn’t done: He hadn’t murdered anybody or sold drugs.
The Harbor was a plain brick building, undistinguished and solid.