“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine. All right, it wasn’t Casablanca and Violet and I weren’t exactly war-torn lovers reunited. We’d made out in my truck. Not exactly Bogie… — Callie Harper Copy Share Image
“It was tempting to throw a tantrum, stomp your foot and demand that things be different. But growing up and being an adult didn’t so much allow for that. Chin up, shoulders back, you had to do tough things like acknowledge your role in creating your own problems. The best you could do was try to move on, learning from… — Callie Harper Copy Share
“What did you do when you had no job, no boyfriend, no life? You crawled onto your mom’s couch and wore a melon-colored sweat… — Callie Harper Copy Share Image
“She dissolved into giggles, a tear forming at the corner of her eye. “I don’t want to go back to juicing!” she declared, cracking… — Callie Harper Copy Share Image
“I guess I didn’t picture you with a gram.” “How do you think I came to be?” “I don’t know. Maybe you grew like… — Callie Harper Copy Share Image
“But, see, that kind of thinking only led to self-pity and that might be the quality I hated most in people. That and self-conceit.… — Callie Harper Copy Share Image
“It made me think of some of the L.A. boys I’d been with, the way I’d catch them watching themselves in the mirror while… — Callie Harper Copy Share Image
“Because I obviously didn’t want to get kidnapped. No one did, not really. But if I did ever get kidnapped, please Lord let it… — Callie Harper Copy Share Image
“I wasn’t a religious man, but something about the woods at night always struck me. Surrounded by the crystal quiet, the ancient oaks and… — Callie Harper Copy Share Image
“Ever since I’d started dating, I’d only spent time with the type of man who’d take me out to fancy restaurants where he paid… — Callie Harper Copy Share Image
“Advice was so easy to give. Knowing what to do with it once it was given to you, now that was the real trick.” — Callie Harper Copy Share Image
“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine. All right, it wasn’t Casablanca and Violet… — Callie Harper Copy Share Image
