When you’ve got everything you need, why complicate it?
A man can never compete with a woman’s father.
You make a joke out of everything. Life’s too painful not to.
I’d been raised to be practical and keep my emotions in check, but I loved cars. That was one of the few legacies I’d picked up from my mom. She was a mechanic, and some of my best childhood memories were of working in the garage with her.
I went to bed feeling melancholy, wishing I could have poured out all my fears and insecurities to my mom. Wasn’t that what normal mothers and daughters did?
Too bad you got so bogged down in books. You’ve got the spirit of a warrior.
Because it’s our duty to God to protect the rest of humanity from evil creatures of the night.
Abe swept in, resplendent in a gray and yellow suit that coordinated bafflingly well with Adrian’s paint job.
Adrian’s new research partner stepped through the door, and I knew the uneasy peace we’d just established in Palm Springs was about to shatter. Dimitri Belikov had arrived.
You did what you did out of love. I can’t be mad at you over that. It was stupid, but that’s how love is. Do you have any idea what I’d do for you? To keep you safe?
The book’s always better than the movie.
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?