“By the time George Bush ran against Michael Dukakis, Quinn was a different man, a practicing physician and a dedicated citizen who, knowing that he was going to be out of town for that election, had dutifully filed an absentee… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“and for the first time since learning of Krissa's marriage, he began working on a lyric. It was about loss, but not private loss, not loss of a romantic love. This was public loss, the lost innocence of a country… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“Wags couldn't make it through the night without creeping over to Tory and whimpering that she had to use the ladies' room. So Tory… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“Life on the road was just boring. They would land at an airport and take a taxi to the hotel. There they would sit for interviews. A limo would take them to the venue for the sound check; the limo would take them back to the hotel. Then the limo again, the meet-and-greet in the dressing rooms before the show… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share
“You didn't have parents or society telling you that you should love one another because you were brothers, you just did it by yourselves. There is no way, no earthly way, that that can ever be called a failure. You succeeded with Huck more than most people ever succeed with anyone.” — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share
“beauty contests, she said seriously, they gave out scholarship awards. "It's the biggest scholarship program in the world—they told us that at the Miss… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“She was down to three customers, all sitting at one table. There had never been more than a handful this evening, and Tory had known beforehand exactly who her Christmas Eve customers would be. They were all watching It's a Wonderful Life. It made her think of Joe. In the movie, Jimmy Stewart wanted to get on a train and… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share
“He knew why he was angry. Tory got angry when she cared; he got angry when he felt powerless. At Christmas, he had come… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“Yes, it's hard to start seeing your mother as she is, hard to push aside all the resentment and anger that you may feel… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“It was nice, them having this kind of knowledge about each other. No one else knew this about him. She supposed in every person… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“If I remember correctly, I called you an asshole doctor." "That's no more than the truth... except I'm not a proctologist.” — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“Among a certain type of creative men, there was a history of strong, if difficult friendships. From Wordsworth and Coleridge to John Belushi and… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“you also need rehearsal clothes and sitting-around-scaring-the-other-contestants clothes. I showed up in Atlantic City with eleven suitcases and twenty-three pairs of shoes.” — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
“Listen, Joe, is your offer to oh and ah over my presents still good?" "Sure." "Then give me a minute to close up and… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
