“The task of any good cook, of any parent, is to be present- in the kitchen and out. To taste all the items, absorb each child's day, all those moments, and form them into the day's meals.” — Emily Franklin Copy Share Image
“lucy went along with her mother because ginny wanted her to, because lucy felt it was what girls did with their mothers - watch in silence as, under the cones of dryers, mothers fell out of listening range and into… — 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
