In the face of events that threaten to overwhelm our lives, storytelling gives us a way of reclaiming ourselves and reaffirming our connections with other people-those who listen to our stories and, by doing so, bear witness with us. — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
I say seduce her, seduce her tonight. Break the door down if you have to. Tell her all those things you said to me about her. You will love her more tomorrow than today and how you want to die… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
There are three needs of the griever: To find the words for the loss, to say the words aloud and to know that the… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
When a man finds the one woman who is right, it scarcely matters what else is wrong. — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
“Then I shall be devastated. My heart will be crushed as thoroughly as dust beneath your feet". "Oh, we can't have that". Her eyes… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
Silly of me not to have realized it. One often finds Greek temples lurking in the woods of English estates. Sneaky things, temples. — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
As I have yet to meet a gentleman I wished to spend the rest of my days with, I would say the failure was… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
It must be quite difficult, concealing your superior male qualities behind a mask of feigned humility.” Why, Gillian, it’s that very ability that makes… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
“I doubt you would recognize an adventure of any sort if it came right up and bit you on the a--- Mother! I was… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
“I was lying!" "Why did you have to choose that moment to do it so well?" "Because I had to make you believe me!… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
“You want to kiss me now,Matthew. I can see it in the look in your eyes." "I want to do considerably more than kiss… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
“I never said I wouldn't come - only that I understood why you didn't want me to come.' 'You led me to believe you… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
Suicide is unspeakable, and to speak it is somehow to bring it into a human, imaginable sphere, even if only in the moment of… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
