“Project Runway, chocolate and margaritas and suddenly all is right with the world” — Sarah Pekkanen Copy Share Image
“She loved the way her city always sounded like it was celebrating.” — Sarah Pekkanen Copy Share Image
“The words just sprang into my mind. Maybe I'd never stopped loving Michael, but now it felt different. I loved him despite the injuries… — Sarah Pekkanen Copy Share Image
“What sadist had invented the concept of skiing? Kira wondered. Who was the first person to decide it would be fun to rocket shakily down an icy mountain on two pieces of metal with wind attacking your face and snow spraying into your eyes and people whipping all around, waving spiky poles like gladiators closing in for a kill? She… — Sarah Pekkanen Copy Share
“The core truth of our marriage, the most important thing for me to remember, was that Michael and I loved each other. Our love… — Sarah Pekkanen Copy Share Image
“But then again, didn't all marriages carry thousands of hurts? Didn't husbands and wives injure each other all the time, leaving wounds both big… — Sarah Pekkanen Copy Share Image
“When an individual trusts another sufficiently to expose the true self--the deepest fears, the hidden desires--a powerful intimacy is born.” — Sarah Pekkanen Copy Share Image
“She hadn’t just lost her husband; she’d lost an entire way of life.” — Sarah Pekkanen Copy Share Image
“I think that’s all most of us really want. To feel like we matter. To know we’re loved.” — Sarah Pekkanen Copy Share Image
“sick. Nothing she did mattered, because whenever anyone looked at her, all they saw was her fat.” — Sarah Pekkanen Copy Share Image
“You know the definition of a dysfunctional family, don't you? It's any family with more than one member in it.” — Sarah Pekkanen Copy Share Image
“Project Runway, chocolate and margaritas and suddenly all is right with the world” — Sarah Pekkanen Copy Share Image
“She felt a lump form in her throat, and she swallowed hard. She wouldn't have this-the swollen ankles and pink cheeks and the feel… — Sarah Pekkanen Copy Share Image
