While I was writing the book, I went to see Louise Brooks's most famous film, Pandora's Box, at the Tivoli in Kansas City, and it was a lovely experience. You can watch old silent films on DVD or even on… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
I know that sometimes when you are really worried about something, it ends up not being nearly as bad as you think it will… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever tried on a corset, though a certain bridesmaid's dress did require a torturous bustier that will stay forever burned… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
“They were still out on the sidewalk of West Eighty-sixth Street, the taxi pulling way, when Louise put down her travel bag, raised both… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
“She wondered when her daughter would realise that for the most part, people weren't that different. Young and old, male or female, pretty much… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
You could push people away, past their limits, even accidentally, and then it was just too late to get them back — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Eileen says what they should really do, if they want to be fair about it, is offer a Bible study class for credit, and… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
Yes, Louise Brooks was beautiful and intelligent, and she could be very funny, but obviously there was a deep insecurity there, a real destructive… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Schopenhauer writes about marriage. He says getting married is like grasping blind into a sack of snakes and hoping to find an eel.” — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
“You don't belong here if you are unhappy," she continued. "Your mother makes you hateful, and you make her hateful. It doesn't matter if… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
My mother says that when Mrs. Rowley is mean, which is generally the case, it is really because she is just unhappy, and who… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Men don’t want candy that’s been unwrapped. Maybe for a lark, but not when it comes to marriage. It may still be perfectly clean,… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
“She was every Cora she'd ever been: Cora X, Cora Kaufmann, Cora Carlisle. She was an orphan on a roof, a lucky girl on… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Well,” Leigh said, because there was nothing else. She looked back at the picture of herself and Pam in the blue dresses. “We did… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
