Every time I sit down to write, I need to commit to a word count goal, otherwise I waste too much time… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
They would think she was savoring the taste (blueberries, cinnamon, cream-excellent), but she was actually savoring the whole morning, trying to catch… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“But each time she didn’t leave, she gave him tacit permission to do it again. She knew this. She was an educated… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“But every time she tried yoga she found herself silently chanting her own mantra: I’m so boooored, I’m so boooored.” — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
Just because a marriage ended didn't mean that it hadn't been happy at times. — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“But Jane had tried that with Mothers Group and failed. She just couldn’t relate to those bright, chatty women and their bubbly… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“She had taken her time getting ready for tonight: a long steamy bath with a glass of wine and a Violent Femmes… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“That's what's so embarrassing about all this. Each time I sobbed for a lost baby, it was like sobbing over the end… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“The moment Tess walked out the door with Liam, Will finally understood what he was sacrificing. If there was no child involved,… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“No, this was not an excruciating story to laugh over with Julia. Its very awkwardness and awfulness made it somehow essentially human.… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“She also remade the bed with her crispest, nicest sheets. It was probably time to sleep with him. O h, yes, it… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“...truth be told, if she ever had time to think about it, she wasn't sure if she was even that enthusiastic a… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“in times of crisis a person’s face is somehow stripped back to something essential and universally human: all those labels like “beautiful,”… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
I love hearing other people's stories, and I freely admit I'm scavenging for material through their conversations, but really, at the same… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Her mother could always charm her, even at the worst times. Just when Erika thought she was done, that was it, she… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Sophie has always thought that the first time you get the hysterical giggles with a new female friend is like the first… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“It was good to remember that for every horrible memory from her marriage, there was also a happy one. She wanted to see it… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“When you were young you talked about "falling in love" with such amusing gravity, as if it were an actual recordable event, when what… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Nathan kissed Madeline on the cheek and shook Ed's hand enthusiastically. He took an ostentatious relish in the civility of his dealings with his… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“The cycles of dysfunction and mental illness did not have to carry over from generation to generation. You just had to educate yourself. Erika” — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
My real thinking and planning gets done when I'm doing something else like driving or walking or taking the shower. — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“She wondered if it was similar to how people felt when they first took antidepressants and they lost their pain, but everything else felt… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
It's always the paragraphs I loved most, the ones I tenderly polished and re-read with pride, that my editor will suggest cutting. — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Recently, she’d noticed something strange happening when she talked to people in groups. She couldn’t quite remember how to be. She’d find herself thinking:… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“I won’t get involved in any school politics,” she’d said, and someone up there had overheard and hadn’t liked her attitude. Far too confident.… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
Early love is exciting and exhilarating. It's light and bubbly. Anyone can love like that. But after three children, after a separation and a… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Did you know that some people wish the Berlin Wall had never come down?” said Esther. “That’s weird, isn’t it? Why would you want… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“The weather wasn’t helping. It was far too lovely, mocking her pain.” — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
