The more distressing the memory, the more persistent it's presence.
The sky the sky- same as it always was.
The thought has cheered me, and I'd like to hang onto that. Must protect my little pockets of happiness.
The whole thing's illusion, [Jacob], and there's nothing wrong with that. It's what people want from us. It's what they expect.
There is no question that I am the only thing standing between these animals and the business practices of August and Uncle Al, and what my father would do--what my father would want me to do--is look...
They grew fat and happy--the horses, not the children, or Marlena for that matter.
To be sure, I'm not perfect wife material: I'm neurotic. I'm compulsive. I speak before I think and can't cook worth a damn. I'm messy and germaphobic all at once, and it's not entirely unheard of for...
Violet was nothing if not sensible. She didn’t even approve when we pulled entirely harmless pranks, like hiding someone’s yacht in the wrong slip, or turning the racquet club’s pool water purple.
We traveled for two weeks with a pickled hippo.
When I first submerged my feet into frigid water, they hurt so badly I yanked them out again. I persisted, dunking them for longer and longer periods, until the cold finally blistered.
When did I stop being me?
When she comes to retrieve me [in the nursing home], after the tan-colored pudding with edible oil topping has sat for a while and been removed...
When two people are meant to be together, they will be together. It's fate.
When you’re five, you know your age down to the month. Even in your twenties you know how old you are. I’m twenty-three, you say, or maybe twenty-seven. But then in your thirties something strange sta...
Why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus?
You call your child by the names of all your other children and finally the dog before you get to his.
You do right by me, I'll show you a life most suckers can't even dream of.
But it's no use. I m already on my feet. She drags me onto the dance floor, jiving and snapping her fingers. When we're surrounded by other couples she turns to me. I take a deep breath and then take...
Comparison. His eyes were hazel, and his arms ended in white bandages just below the elbows.
His hat from his head and presses it to his chest. I walk a few dozen yards from the train, climb the grassy bank, and sit rubbing my
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