It’s so much easier to fall in love, and so much more complicated to fall out of it.
Is your father really evil? I heard myself ask. Yes. Because he drank, did drugs? No, honey. Because God made him that way, and he liked it. Your father had an excuse. My father doesn’t.
Is that what you lose over time? Not so much a loss of affection, as a slow clouding of your own sight? We became less and less focal points for each other, and more like pieces of furniture to maneuv...
God give me the strength to change the things I can change, the courage to let go of the things I need to let go and the wisdom to know the difference. - Bobby Dodge
Families aren’t built in a day. But they can be destroyed in an instant.
And that’s love, yes? Not making all the right decisions all the time, but being there when it matters the most.
And a man and woman should fight. Frankly, they should have a good head-to-head battle about every six months, then make love until they break the box springs.
All happy families are alike, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way’? Anna Karenina.
Turned out, a giant well of emptiness had always existed inside me. A void so deep and black and ugly, I wasn’t just empty, I was hollowed out by the losses in my life. Until there were days I didn’t...
The same conclusion . . . She found the photo she wanted, a high-res close-up of the recovered shell casing, also dusted and documented at the scene. Like the whiskey bottle, it bore a distinct ridge...
Start fresh. And Maryanne? She's devastated about what James put us through. I think she'd like a fresh start, too, and more time with Nathan. On the other hand . . . you know, she really loves James....
Podes estar apaixonada e ao mesmo tempo incrivelmente só. Podes ter tudo o que sempre quiseste só para te dares conta que tudo o que querias estava errado. Podes ter um marido inteligente atraente e c...
Chore. You didn’t like me doing
You had to see Catherine six years ago, when they first met. A little too thin, hollow-eyed, in a threadbare dress. She was not only beautiful, she was , a regular damsel in distress. She told Jimmy h...
You can be in love and still feel incredibly lonely. You can have everything you ever wanted, only to realize that you wanted all the wrong things. You can have a husband as smart and sexy and compass...
Which is why she’d fallen desperately in love the first time she’d met Sharlah. She’d looked into her foster daughter’s eyes and she’d known her. Just . . . known her. Sharlah’s fears, anxieties, frag...
Where are these perfect families? Is it yours? Your friend's, your neighbor's? I don't think you can just point one out. The ones we're most likely to admire are simply the ones with the best-kept sec...
They [Cops] were living in the media age, and in the media age, cops didn't get to fire their weapons. Cops were honored if they got themselves killed in the line of duty, but they were never suppose...
There’s no rewind, or erasing, or unmaking. The things that happened, they are you, you are them. You can escape, but you can’t get away. Just the way it is.
There is a breed of men out there, you know, who are attracted to strong women. They just don’t know what to do once they win us over.