You’ve got to take it on faith that the enemy of your enemy is your friend.
Why not wear a scar of Motherhood? Better than a tattoo or a mark of Honor. Let the world know what you’ve achieved.
Was Deirdre right about me purposely wanting relationships that were impossible?
Don’t beat yourself up over what you could have or should have done. The past is gone. Move on to the future.
A girl just asked for SAT scores good enough to get her into Yale. I think she was nine.
Tradition or not, I sometimes thought putting children on an old guy’s lap was already creepy enough. We didn’t need to mix alcohol into it.
Rosemarie you are out of line.
She felt so much emotionally, she would say, that a physical outlet – physical pain – was the only way to make her internal pain go away. It was the only way she could control it.
None of you appreciate me. Why is it so hard to believe that I could make a real contribution in these dark rimes?
Hope implies that you think you have a chance at something.
I pulled out box after box, setting them haphazardly around the room. My organization lacked something – like, say, organization...
You and I aren’t friends either.
You two are a match made in heaven. Or somewhere.
For once, you’re going to hear something that doesn’t fit into your neat, compartmentalized world of order and logic and reason.
But what I found most interesting was that Aaron had apparently found a way to pass the time without her. Beside him, holding his hand, was a Moroi girl who looked about eleven but had to be older, unless he’d become a pedophile during our absence.
It doesn’t matter. Take Eddie’s blood. Take Belikov’s blood. Take your own for all I care. But If she doesn’t want to give hers, then that’s all there is to it. She said no. This conversation is done.
I find prostitutes vastly important.
Slushes. Do you know how much I love those? Cherry, especially.
I felt the need to clarify we were there for the self defense class, in case he also taught about dog breeding or riding the high seas.
Right. Because there’s no bigger sign of commitment than a Halloween dance.