Nobody ever told you that being a mother is all about making what seemed like thousands of tiny decisions. — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“That was the irony: Her mother loved things so much that she had nothing. Erika” — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
I see lots of differences between Australians and Americans - but as mothers, I think were pretty much alike! — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Nobody ever told you that being a mother is all about making what seemed like thousands of tiny decisions. Tess had always… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“What sort of daughter refuses to go to her mother’s house? What sort of daughter speaks with such violence to her mother… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Mothers took their mothering so seriously now. Their frantic little faces...Ponytails swinging. Eyes fixed on the mobile phones held in the palms… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“admit it to her dad, who would just take what she said at face value, rather than her mother, who would listen… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Her mother could always charm her, even at the worst times. Just when Erika thought she was done, that was it, she… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“She always pretended to herself that she didn’t let Lauren help because she was trying to be the perfect mother-in-law, but really,… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
We'd traveled, we'd been to lots of parties, lots of movies and concerts, we'd slept in. We'd done all those things that… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“It was good to remember that for every horrible memory from her marriage, there was also a happy one. She wanted to see it… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share
“When you were young you talked about "falling in love" with such amusing gravity, as if it were an actual recordable event, when what… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share
“Nathan kissed Madeline on the cheek and shook Ed's hand enthusiastically. He took an ostentatious relish in the civility of his dealings with his… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share
“The cycles of dysfunction and mental illness did not have to carry over from generation to generation. You just had to educate yourself. Erika” — Liane Moriarty Copy Share
My real thinking and planning gets done when I'm doing something else like driving or walking or taking the shower. — Liane Moriarty Copy Share
“She wondered if it was similar to how people felt when they first took antidepressants and they lost their pain, but everything else felt… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share
It's always the paragraphs I loved most, the ones I tenderly polished and re-read with pride, that my editor will suggest cutting. — Liane Moriarty Copy Share
“Recently, she’d noticed something strange happening when she talked to people in groups. She couldn’t quite remember how to be. She’d find herself thinking:… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share
“I won’t get involved in any school politics,” she’d said, and someone up there had overheard and hadn’t liked her attitude. Far too confident.… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share
Early love is exciting and exhilarating. It's light and bubbly. Anyone can love like that. But after three children, after a separation and a… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share
“Did you know that some people wish the Berlin Wall had never come down?” said Esther. “That’s weird, isn’t it? Why would you want… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share
“Harper: Who said it was a feminist issue? What the heck? I’ll tell you what started it: the incident at the kindergarten orientation day.… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share
“Why weren’t they just overcome with joy every time they looked at those kids? Why in the world were they divorcing?” — Liane Moriarty Copy Share
“(Why did she think tall people couldn’t be crazy? Because they looked like they ruled the world?” — Liane Moriarty Copy Share
