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The reason the middle class had it so good was because they expected things to be better. They wouldn’t settle for less than they were worth. They’d just get into their shiny cars and go where they we...
En eso consistía la vida: nunca te das cuenta de lo que pasa hasta que te detienes un momento para observarlo con calma.
You are my child. I am your mother. Helen sounded resolute. I won’t apologize for doing my job.
Eighteen years ago, Lydia had told her that the problem with Paul Scott was that he didn’t see Claire as a normal, imperfect human being. He was blind to her faults. He covered her missteps. He would...
She spent the next hour dividing her time between the phone and the computer; scaring the ever-loving shit out of herself while waiting on hold by investiGoogling type 2 diabetes on her laptop. She fo...
He felt about as useless as a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest
Every place always has somebody who doesn’t fit in. That’s what makes them fit in.
Snorted coke because a boyfriend told her
Georgia had beaten Auburn last night. The town was sleeping off the win.
Prints,
Violence never worked in the service of women.
The thing about having a bad reputation is that folks will believe just about anything people say about you.
Nothing ever truly faded. Time only dulled the edges.
Receiver,
Conversations, and not
Your mother was not surprised to hear me say this. This was a time when the pendulum of hope still swung back and forth between us, so that some days she took to her bed with sorrow and some days she...
People did not change their basic, core personalities.
I can’t— Lena repeated. I can’t do it. I can’t live without him.Sara gently pulled her hand away from Jared’s. She smoothed down the sheet, tucked it in close around his side. She looked at Lena—reall...
Helen didn’t hold back. I told your father that Paul was like a hermit crab. They’re scavengers. They don’t have the ability to make their own shells, so they cast around until they find abandoned she...