Every fairy tale, it seems, concludes with the bland phrase "happily ever after." Yet every couple I have ever known would agree that nothing about marriage is forever happy. There are moments of bliss, to be sure, and lengthy spans… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock Copy Share Image
“Talk Back? That's really what it's called? You're supposed to walk into some church basement and say, 'I'm here to learn how to Talk… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock Copy Share Image
“I saw something I wanted to do and I decided to do it. The feeling of freedom it gave me- I can't even describe… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock Copy Share Image
I ultimately decided to hold my tongue and settle instead for the comfort of ignorance. Not knowing the truth, I retained hope, and that… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock Copy Share Image
And have your mother put my head on a stake? Do you have any notion what that would do to my handsome good looks? — Catherine Gilbert Murdock Copy Share Image
I swear, every person I know gets far more satisfaction from doing good deeds than receiving them. Maybe that’s the whole point in the… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock Copy Share Image
And that's where our conversation went from there, than God, both of us laughing our butts off at the thought of a hoops game… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock Copy Share Image
Sometimes,well,all the time,I can't think of what to say because I'm so dumb and stuff,and then maybe I think of it like five days… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock Copy Share Image
“And it occurred to me that the reason she makes it work, probably, is because she's so comfortable with herself. And you know, that's… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock Copy Share Image
“I hurled the slipper at him, not caring if I caused his decapitation. (I did not.)” — Catherine Gilbert Murdock Copy Share Image
“Hell is paved with good intentions. Heaven is paved with Oreos.” — Catherine Gilbert Murdock Copy Share Image
What is a staircase, but a corridor improved by elevation? — Catherine Gilbert Murdock Copy Share Image
