It felt like religious kitsch, as tacky as a black velvet painting, the kind of fantasy that appealed to people who ate too much fried food, spanked their kids, and had no problem with the theory that...
It felt good, the whole family together on a sunny morning in a wholesome environment. If it hadn't been for the warshiping God part, he would have happily attended church on a regular basis.
I think there have been a lot of writers who’ve been experimenting lately with really sprawling novels that will deal with a number of different characters and different points on the globe. I underst...
I think I'm fascinated by the power of religion in our culture. Like a lot of secular, liberal people, I ignored it for a long time. Lately, of course, just from a political perspective, it's impossib...
The world she’d been raised to live in no longer existed.
The cause of what they called the Sudden Departure remained unknown,
That’s what privilege is—the license to treat other people like shit while still getting to believe that you’re a good person.
Slumped
Fairness and gender rarely intersected.
Tinder was like tequila—fun today, sad tomorrow
There's not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep manufacturing more of it. (67)
Something had happened to him ove the past couple of years, something to do with being home with Aaron, sinking into the rhythm of a kid's day. The little tasks, the small pleasures. The repetition th...
It's not the cheating. It's the hunger for an alternative. The refusal to accept unhappiness.
In his heart of hearts, Jack London knew that we can never build a fire. Not when we really need to.
I'm halfway through my life, and as far as I can tell, the real lesson of the past isn't that I made some mistakes, it's that I didn't make nearly enough of them. I doubt I'll be lying on my deathbed...
He'd never had to make the adjustments and compromises other people accepted early in their romantic careers; never had a chance to learn the lesson that Sarah taught him everyday--that beauty was onl...
He spun on his heels and jogged backward across the goal line, the ball raised triumphantly overhead, a gesture that looked arrogant when the pros did it on TV but felt right just then, allowing him t...
After all, what was adult life but one moment of weakness piled on top of another? Most people just fell in line like obedient little children, doing exactly what society expected of them at any given...
You were a kid and couldn’t defend yourself. Girls wear pink, boys wear blue. Boys are tough. Girls are sweet. Women are caregivers with soft bodies. Men are leaders with hard muscles. Girls get looke...
You talk to them. And look at their faces. Cows have very expressive faces.I knew her well enough at that point not to be surprised by this. The first few months we'd worked together, I'd found her di...