“I am endlessly astonished how I can be hit so unexpectedly by something I already know. I’ve” — Carol Mason Copy Share Image
“I don’t think I’ve ever noticed how silence is a sound of its own.” — Carol Mason Noticed Copy Share Image
“Those are the best memories, you know. Memories of things that end when they should. Always remember.” — Carol Mason Memory Copy Share Image
“Everything happens for a reason. It’s not a cliché, I can promise.’ I” — Carol Mason Happens for a reason Copy Share Image
“I can’t help but think about the concept of loneliness, of having no one – how tangible melancholy is.” — Carol Mason Loneliness Copy Share Image
“Just remember one thing Angela and then I promise I’ll shut up.’ ‘Can I get that in writing?’ ‘You” — Carol Mason Remember Copy Share Image
“Envy is the most futile of emotions. Sometimes, you are envying an idea you have about someone, but you’re actually envying fiction.” — Carol Mason Copy Share Image
“I’m interested in you and I like you. I want to know all the little things that make you the person who… — Carol Mason Good man Copy Share Image
“We have to put ourselves through it to feel we’re alive. We thrive in the extremes of unparalleled joy and abject misery.… — Carol Mason Middle ground Copy Share Image
“No matter where I stand, those eyes are watching me. Like they’re doing now. They’ve got this uncanny ability to change when… — Carol Mason Ability to change Copy Share Image
“You shouldn’t minimise moments, Alice. Our whole life is made up of them. It shouldn’t always be the big, dramatic events that… — Carol Mason Life Copy Share Image
“Then I remember my behaviour. When I look down the street, Mike is standing exactly where I left him, as though he’s… — Carol Mason Habits Copy Share Image
“I’m not very good with dating. I never was at twenty-two and I’m not much better at forty-two. Small talk… tiptoeing around… — Carol Mason Small talk Copy Share Image
“You have to have the grace to let him go, and to live with his choices. Don't be a clinger. Don't fight… — Carol Mason Choices Copy Share Image
“He loved me so much that he could think of nothing except being with me,’ Evelyn had said. ‘He wanted to leave… — Carol Mason Marriage Copy Share Image
“Time advances, we have opportunities for better education, better jobs, a greater say in national politics, yet the love of the right… — Carol Mason Better job Copy Share Image
“It was about how memories of your first love can ruin your future relationships. It said that if you had a passionate… — Carol Mason First love Copy Share Image
“If you want to be in love, you have to accept that you run the risk of having your heart broken in… — Carol Mason Love Copy Share Image
“everyone you meet loves something, longs for something and has lost something.” — Carol Mason Love Copy Share Image
“You will get past this. Sometimes, you just have to face what you fear the most. It’s shitty, but it’s life.” — Carol Mason Fear Copy Share Image
“You didn’t seem to see me as a woman any more. I was just this . . . roommate. A roommate you barely spoke… — Carol Mason Copy Share Image
“Coming into the home where I grew up always fills me with a confused nostalgia. Everything is as it has been for… — Carol Mason Coming home Copy Share Image
“had to create a false truth: that taking another woman’s husband is okay, especially if perhaps you have succeeded where she has… — Carol Mason Another woman Copy Share Image
“It’s just such a monstrous thing to do,’ Sally says now, looking at my food. ‘I just don’t know what kind of… — Carol Mason Marriage Copy Share Image
“remember Justin telling me about how, when he heard his dad had died, he ran away. He was only missing a few… — Carol Mason Copy Share Image
“squirt hair product into the palm of my hand. All the other questions rush at me now, as I tip my head… — Carol Mason Hair Copy Share Image
“The weights and measures of a marriage; we know things but we choose not to think about them. We choose to bury… — Carol Mason Marriage Copy Share Image
“It’s funny how you can lie in bed next to the same person for years and he’ll never know you’re longing for… — Carol Mason Copy Share Image
“The need for answers is suddenly greater than my ability to handle them – perhaps I will just disappear into never knowing.… — Carol Mason Copy Share Image
“There is a man coming out of a building about fifty feet ahead of us. This wouldn’t be odd at all if… — Carol Mason Copy Share Image
“all my life, I have known this to be true. Nobody’s interested in ugly people. I’ve been ugly all my life, and… — Carol Mason Beautiful people Copy Share Image
“It shouldn’t always be the big, dramatic events that make you sit up and take notice. The value of your life is… — Carol Mason Life Copy Share Image
“If you want to be in love, you have to accept that you run the risk of having your heart broken in… — Carol Mason Heart broken Copy Share Image
