“beauty contests, she said seriously, they gave out scholarship awards. "It's the biggest scholarship program in the world—they told us that at… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Atlantic city 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… — 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.… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Wags Couldn 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… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Failure 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… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Another woman 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… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Dressing room 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… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Christmas Copy Share Image
“You're not making too much of this. You will love her until the stars fall.” — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“Dad's Buick—what a great car it had been all these years—” — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Great Copy Share Image
“Krissa had since learned a great deal about the drug Lithium and was now aware of how controversial it was.” — 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 Asshole Copy Share Image
“What a mess this was. Robbers too stupid to ask for money, and a victim too stupid to pretend that she didn't… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Money Copy Share Image
“Joe had long resented how American culture had taught him to want. There were so many things pictured in ads, displayed in… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Advertising Copy Share Image
“You sure did break that boy's heart." "I know," Krissa agreed. She didn't mind Jewel saying that. At least someone in this… — 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… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Said 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… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Creativity 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… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Children Copy Share Image
“And if this random, aimless driving worried parents, the driving was certainly preferable to the parking. More girls got pregnant in the… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Parenting Copy Share Image
“You're not making too much of this. You will love her until the stars fall. She looked like a figure in a… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“I stole the character straight out of Georgette's A Civil Contract." Jenny considered herself on a first name basis with the late,… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Stole Character Copy Share Image
“Somewhere inside him, beneath her fingers, was his upper trachea, and in the cavity of his larynx were his vocal cords, two… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Vocal cords Copy Share Image
“You go first," Joe told Tory. "Wait in the parking lot for the rest of us." Tory and Sweatshirt set off, threading… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Church choir Copy Share Image
“Tory kept looking at the gun; it was quivering. The kid's hand was shaking; he was nervous. Oh, great. Just her luck,… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Gun Quivering Copy Share Image
“The character had repressed all his guilt and self-doubt, the things that might make him appealing to viewers. He was simply a… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Oppressive Copy Share Image
“and for the first time since learning of Krissa's marriage, he began working on a lyric. It was about loss, but not… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel First time 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 Atlantic city Copy Share Image
“He couldn't believe it. He had always been one of the good guys, punctual, professional, dedicated. How could anyone call him difficult?… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Good guy Copy Share Image
“You aren't feeling sorry for yourself over wrapping paper, are you? Yes, yes, she was. It was certainly possible to like your… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Bartender Copy Share Image
“Tory was starting to feel a little foolish standing here with her hands in the air. It was like the whole bar… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Hands in the air Copy Share Image
“Her safe was in the spare bedroom. She went in and knelt down in front of it. Sweatshirt and Joe followed. She… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Oh well Copy Share Image
“By the time George Bush ran against Michael Dukakis, Quinn was a different man, a practicing physician and a dedicated citizen who,… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Time Copy Share Image
