“That's what being Jewish is: summoning the means to question who you are and how you have behaved. Have you remained alight in the darkness of cruel wishes,..? Have you forgiven? Have you lived up to the standards of your… — Emily Franklin Copy Share Image
“It is still possible, after all, to forge a covenant that binds us not to God in obedience but to one another in mercy. We need only choose, this year, to keep the flame lit...” — Emily Franklin Copy Share Image
“maybe one of the reasons i don't express myself as well as i want to is because inside, shoved way down into an unseen… — Emily Franklin Copy Share Image
“she thought about being held to the woman's chest, and lying there hair-smoothed and quiet until she felt she'd found home. ” — Emily Franklin Copy Share Image
“jenna preferred to think of alice that way - like an art project, colors swirling inside her, rather than of how sick she was. ” — Emily Franklin Copy Share Image
“There are umbrellas for rain. Parkas for blizzards. Storm cellars for tornadoes. But there's no protection for this.” — Emily Franklin Copy Share Image
“at keltner's deli, everything was somehow neutralized. they were girls. they were girls with odd names who smoked after school together and maybe sometimes… — Emily Franklin Copy Share Image
“jenna had felt sexy-funny, like lucille ball with flour streaks on her face, a crumb-covered apron that didn't exactly flatter her, and yet nick… — Emily Franklin Copy Share Image
“That's what being Jewish is: summoning the means to question who you are and how you have behaved. Have you remained alight in the… — Emily Franklin Copy Share Image
“she thinks about lying in here with alex, of the tangle of arms and rope, or lips. ” — Emily Franklin Copy Share Image
“it's funny how you can't exactly pick your crush. well, you can, but once it get hold of you, it's hard to shake off. ” — Emily Franklin Copy Share Image
“it occured to her that kissing and being kissed were two different things. and being kissed by someone you've really wanted to is something… — Emily Franklin Copy Share Image
“i mean, heather said, our bodies are just these things that we float around in. it's not like they belong to anyone” — Emily Franklin Copy Share Image
“The task of any good cook, of any parent, is to be present- in the kitchen and out. To taste all the items, absorb… — Emily Franklin Copy Share Image
