“He picked up one of Lorna's roses and set it in my lap. "Here." I picked it up and smelled it. He… — Charles Martin Copy Share Image
A lot of the songs in 'See Jane Sing!' are pulled straight from the kitchen table and my parents harmonizing together. — Jane Lynch Copy Share Image
“One can't work/by limelight.//A bowlful/right at/one's elbow//produces no/more than/a baleful/glow against/the kitchen table.//The fruit purveyor's/whole unstable/pyramid//doesn't equal/what daylight did.” — Kay Ryan Copy Share Image
“Only hours earlier, my da had come in from his job at the bar and changed his clothes, as he always did… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
When we haven't the time to listen to each other's stories we seek out experts to tell us how to live. The… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
“Did you all know that eggs, cheese, and milk are all bad for you?” Mom asked the three of us one summer… — Rachel Williams-Smith Copy Share Image
“I took it for granted that this is what all families did—come together and become an island unto themselves, the kitchen table… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
This letter is written on the skin of one of the water sprites who drowned your parents.' 'Ick!' I cried, and dropped… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
“Drinking’s funny. When I look back on it, all of our important decisions have been figured out when we were drinking. Even… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
“When he was three years old Jackie ran into the house crying. I asked, "What's happened? What's wrong?" He showed me his… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“What are you thinking? Sandwiches?” Finn asked in a hopeful voice. “No. I’m in the mood for something sweet.” I grabbed the… — Jennifer Estep Copy Share Image
“My mom was sitting at the kitchen table. She’d set her coffee down, making a noise that made me look her way.… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
“The kitchen table is where we mark milestones, divulge dreams, bury hatchets, make deals, give thanks, plan vacations, and tell jokes. It's… — Doris Christopher Copy Share Image
Learn to ignore everything anyone (including myself) has ever told you about wine protocol. Sometimes win drinking, like spontaneous sex on the… — Bob Blumer Copy Share Image
“There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I know now with blind certainty that no matter what, eventually marriage is just two financially interdependent strangers staring across the kitchen… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
I don't have a kitchen table 'cause I feel like I eat really quickly, so I just get it done while I'm… — David Dobrik Copy Share Image
“The Gasman leaned over and examined the tangled pile of stereo guts spread out on the kitchen table. “It looks like a… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
On Saturdays, I get up early, spread out my notes from the week on the kitchen table, and create stories from them. — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
Like it or not - and often we don't - power is a pervasive phenomenon. From midnight decisions in the Oval Office… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
We need to address the economic issues around the kitchen table, and if people want a more high-minded politics and want to… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I had the halfway house. I can't tell how many nights I spent around my kitchen table, soothing broken hearts. — Kirstie Alley Copy Share Image
“Hey, Melissa-is there anything I should know about having this kid that isn't in the books I've been reading?" Sunlight streamed through… — Kim Bongiorno Copy Share Image
When people come up to me and say, "I was at your Game 7 in the playoffs in Toronto," or, "I saw… — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
A light was on in the kitchen. His mother sat at the kitchen table, as still as a statue. Her hands were… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
