“I want him to tell my why, but he doesn't say anything. It seems possible that Matthew is gay and possible that… — Melissa Bank Copy Share Image
“He never told me that he loved me." "Some men don't," she says. "Some men say it all the time and don't… — Melissa Bank Copy Share Image
“I remembered my father's speech about what Jack was capable of and wasn't; he'd said, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW… — Melissa Bank Copy Share Image
“Later, lying in bed, I wonder if Dena knows about her father. I decide that she probably does, and I imagine how… — Melissa Bank Copy Share Image
Sometimes you’re loved because of your weaknesses. What you can’t do is sometimes more compelling than what you can. — Melissa Bank Copy Share
She said that her father's death had been the hardest thing in her life. "We are all children until our fathers die. — Melissa Bank Copy Share
“When I could talk, I said, "I don't know what I did wrong." Dena sighed, "You care too much.” — Melissa Bank Copy Share
“He gazed at me. "You've grown up honey." It felt good to hear it. I thought maybe he was right. Then it occurred to… — Melissa Bank Copy Share
“I want him to tell my why, but he doesn't say anything. It seems possible that Matthew is gay and possible that he isn't;… — Melissa Bank Copy Share
You sense that he's dangerous but don't now why - and wonder if it's because he makes you feel safer than you've ever felt. — Melissa Bank Copy Share
The only relationships I haven't wrecked right away were the ones that wrecked me later. — Melissa Bank Copy Share
“My theory was that if you had breasts, boys wanted to have sex with you, which wasn't exactly a big compliment, since they wanted… — Melissa Bank Copy Share
I live by Edith Whartons rule to get rid of anything neither useful nor beautiful. So I put the TV out on the street. — Melissa Bank Copy Share
You will say good-bye for all the right reasons. You're tired of living in wait for his apocalypse. You have your own fight on… — Melissa Bank Copy Share
“I said, "It's not like that." I wanted to convince her. I said "We think alike." Oh, my dear," she said. "A man thinks… — Melissa Bank Copy Share
Whenever people say they didn't like the main character of a book, they mean they didn't like the book. The main character has to… — Melissa Bank Copy Share
It scares me how fast I go from disliking to loving him, and I wonder if it’s this way for everyone. — Melissa Bank Copy Share
