“ Caroline had felt more comfortable thinking of beauty as something separate from her, like a scarf or a coat you could check before going in to a show. She wondered now, however, if she had treated mo… Erica Bauermeister
“ She simply didn't have an interest in men anymore. It wasn't that she didn't like them, she just knew how easily they broke. Erica Bauermeister
“ When Sean died she understood for the first time how completely human beings were dependent upon a suspension of disbelief in order to simply move forward through their days. If that suspension falter… Erica Bauermeister
“ You know," Marion said, "I met a woman once when I was a teenager. I knew she had gone through a lot but she was so strong, so compassionate. I asked her how she could be the way she was, and you know… Erica Bauermeister
“ TIME WENT ON, life with the children unfolding in its own ecosystem, small plastic toys seeming to grow up from the carpet like mushrooms, clothes falling to the floor like autumn leaves. Every once i… Erica Bauermeister
“ She found herself wondering at what point in her life she had ceased to be Gulliver and had become the strings holding him to the ground. Erica Bauermeister
“ It was interesting. Isabelle thought, the children that chose you. Some come through your body; others came in cars in the middle of the night. Erica Bauermeister
“ Stories of her children when they were small, their round little bodies barely containing their personalities, which bloomed and glittered and melted into her. Erica Bauermeister
“ While the egg yolks cooled, he directed the beaters at the egg whites, setting the mixer on high speed that sent small bubbles giggling to the side of the bowl, where a few became many until they were… Erica Bauermeister
