“He knew why he was angry. Tory got angry when she cared; he got angry when he felt powerless. At Christmas, he had come to understand how people around here were basically powerless, how their cars and snowmobiles were substitutes… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“Wags couldn't make it through the night without creeping over to Tory and whimpering that she had to use the ladies' room. So Tory… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“Life on the road was just boring. They would land at an airport and take a taxi to the hotel. There they would sit… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“You didn't have parents or society telling you that you should love one another because you were brothers, you just did it by yourselves.… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“beauty contests, she said seriously, they gave out scholarship awards. "It's the biggest scholarship program in the world—they told us that at the Miss… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“She was down to three customers, all sitting at one table. There had never been more than a handful this evening, and Tory had… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“He knew why he was angry. Tory got angry when she cared; he got angry when he felt powerless. At Christmas, he had come… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“Yes, it's hard to start seeing your mother as she is, hard to push aside all the resentment and anger that you may feel… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“It was nice, them having this kind of knowledge about each other. No one else knew this about him. She supposed in every person… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“If I remember correctly, I called you an asshole doctor." "That's no more than the truth... except I'm not a proctologist.” — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“Among a certain type of creative men, there was a history of strong, if difficult friendships. From Wordsworth and Coleridge to John Belushi and… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“you also need rehearsal clothes and sitting-around-scaring-the-other-contestants clothes. I showed up in Atlantic City with eleven suitcases and twenty-three pairs of shoes.” — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“Listen, Joe, is your offer to oh and ah over my presents still good?" "Sure." "Then give me a minute to close up and… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
