“ The author attributes part of the Carter-Reagan divide to their respective attitudes toward the city from which they governed. Carter was deeply suspicious of its coziness. Reagan intended to enjoy hi… Chris Matthews
“ People have some really crazy ideas about love, friends and relationships. They have the absurd belief that their friends, children, family, lovers and companions can make them happy. Bryant McGill
“ Stately and commanding, the house I found on Sacramento Street, in Lower Pacific Heights, was an architectural jewel; tour buses drove down the street several times a day and the guides pointed out ou… Katie Hafner
“ When we apply the lessons we've struggled for our whole lives to learn to the lives of people we love, our love becomes judgment—which is toxic. Our fear our daughters will fail leads us to fail them. Aspen Matis
“ The movies make the brooding guy the hero – the guy with problems the guy who carries a gun, the gun with unresolved anger, the guy with a chip on his shoulder, the guy who’s a vampire – and they tell… E. Lockhart
“ He told me that when we first met, he had said to a friend about me: “If I get that girl’s number I will never ask another girl for her number again. Kimberly Novosel
“ I pretended to be a Cheyenne guide. I pretended to be a prairie woman. I pretended Henry was my old-timey husband taking me to our new homestead. I leaned down and patted Trouble’s neck. “Good boy,” I… Laura Anderson Kurk
“ I finally understood why so much monkey business happened in the backs of buses. Put us in close proximity, with wheels spinning under us, and nothing to do but wait, we’re going to start thinking of… Laura Anderson Kurk
“ He’d had to fold his long legs into his desk. His boots had seen better days, and his jeans unraveled in a curiously irresistible way at the bottom. He didn’t look like anyone I’d ever seen before. He… Laura Anderson Kurk
“ Then let me be your mercy,” he said. “I’ll never be able to give you smart answers about why we suffer, but I can come into your world and try to be some kind of help to you. Laura Anderson Kurk
“ Every person is attractive to somebody. You are. I am. Jim Bob over there is, too. Every person is probably ugly to somebody, too. You are. I am. Jim Bob over there is, too. Don’t take it personally.A… Dan Pearce
“ Now, a month later, I sit, foggy, a similar state of mind, in a different seafood restaurant with a locals-know-every-secret bar, two happy hour martinis downed, fidgeting with my napkin below the lip… Justin Bog
“ A broke man’s lover doesn’t feel ‘loved’ on her Birthday, Christmas, and, on Valentine’s Day. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ She kept reminding me she was at a wedding, which didn’t really help my emotional state, if you know what I mean. Hilary Grossman
“ I've always had a thing for Carmyn Rafferty. She carries herself as a reserved and proper woman, but I see a tension in her. A slight glitch in some of her movements lets me know she's aching to be li… Angeline Kace
“ Disappointment is devastating, even if it’s something that you didn’t really expect to occur. Hilary Grossman
“ It is easier to lie to yourself than hear others tell you that tell you that you are a fool. Hilary Grossman
“ Sometimes a girl needs to be told what a guy feels, rather than trying to decipher the signs. Hilary Grossman
