Charlie’s affable countenance stood in direct opposition to their mother’s line. Her face, even with the bruises, was clearly still beautiful. She had always been so clever in the way that made people...
Amanda was probably in her mid-fifties, a small woman, maybe five-three on a good day. Her attitude filled the room, and she walked with a swagger that rivaled a bullfighter's. She wore a simple diamo...
Age is a cruel punishment for youth.
. what you call my struggle to submit . . . is not struggle to submit but a struggle to accept and with passion. I mean, possibly, with joy. Picture me with my ground teeth stalking joy—fully armed t...
Stupid fucker.
Sometimes, your world turns upside down, and you need somebody to show you how to walk on your hands before you can find your feet again.
Looked like a deformed monkey holding either a baseball bat or an erect penis in his three-fingered hand. Lena sighed, wondering what the fuck she was doing here. Maybe she should just go to the stati...
Got to figure out before I die whether I want to be happy or I want to be right.
Fund-raiser where the whitest men and women in North Atlanta sat around in Dolce & Gabbana sampling perogies and Swedish meatballs made by their children’s nannies.
Children always have different parents, even in the same family.
[...]but instead of apologizing, I said, 'It's your own fault for playing tennis.
Time to wake up. Rick muted the TV when a commercial came on. He slipped on his reading glasses and asked, What is the groundnut better known as? Lydia carefully rolled onto her back so the cat wouldn...
The entire world gave men the responsibility for everything in it except for their dicks.
Sua mãe e eu sempre ficávamos muito satisfeitos, em segredo, com o fato de você ser tão determinada e intensa em relação a suas causas. Quando você foi embora, entendemos que essas eram as qualidades...
Sara studied him. Is that a Chihuahua behind your back?No, I'm just happy to see youSara gave him a confused smile, and he reluctantly showed her Betty.
Please know I worked very hard to make sure everyone—no matter race, religion, creed, gender, or national origin—was equally maligned.
People were outraged. They were glued to their televisions, to their web pages, to their Facebook feeds. They vocally expressed sorrow, horror, fury, pain. They cried for change. They raised money. Th...
Men never have to be uncomfortable around women. Women have to be uncomfortable around men all of the time.
Men can always reinvent themselves, Laura said. For women, once you’re a mother, you’re always a mother.
Lydia stared into the darkness of the trunk as she listened to the hum of wheels on the road. She had already run through all the things you were supposed to do if you ever got locked inside a trunk....