“In some inexplicable way she’d been looking forward to it and all its attendant drama, because wasn’t there something nearly lovely—when you were young enough—about guts churning and tear ducts being put to glorious overuse?” — Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney Copy Share Image
“In the coming weeks, he would spend a lot of time trying to unpack that moment, not understanding himself how years of commitment and… — Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney Copy Share Image
“She believed in second chances, sometimes more than first chances, which were wasted on youth and indiscretion” — Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney Copy Share Image
“In some inexplicable way she’d been looking forward to it and all its attendant drama, because wasn’t there something nearly lovely—when you were young… — Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney Copy Share Image
“[Jack:] 'I was twenty-four when I met Walker. Do you know I've never lived alone? I'm forty-four years old and I've never lived alone. The first few weeks Walker was gone, I didn't know what to do with myself. I'd stay in the store until late, pick up some takeout, and just watch television until I fell asleep.' [... Melody:]… — Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney Copy Share
“abundance proffered too soon led to lassitude and indolence, a wandering dissatisfaction.” — Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney Copy Share Image
“being an atheist required more belief than he had, a kind of determined certainty about mystery that he didn’t think was feasible or possible,… — Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney Copy Share Image
“The things money could buy weren’t the reward; the reward was to feel lifted above everyone else,” — Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney Copy Share Image
