“A single girl who needs nobody makes people uncomfortable, my mom is right in this, appearance is everything, and appearing to have… — Elissa Schappell Appearance Copy Share Image
Write to exhaustion so that you can no longer manage to avoid writing the truth. — Elissa Schappell Exhaustion Copy Share Image
By investing others with the power to dictate who you are, you rob yourself of an opportunity to truly grow. — Elissa Schappell Grows Copy Share Image
“Paige and Charlotte had first met on the playground. Without a word, each had recognized the other as a sister in the… — Elissa Schappell First met Copy Share Image
By investing others with the power to dictate who you are, you rob yourself of an opportunity to truly grow. You shortchange… — Elissa Schappell Change yourself Copy Share Image
“It was true Paige and I had dinner alone. She wanted to stop by and pick up some books — poetry books… — Elissa Schappell Books Copy Share Image
“We are driving along a road I have driven my whole life. I still watch for the bends in the creek, checking… — Elissa Schappell Life Copy Share Image
In Quiet Dell, Phillips mesmerizingly spins together fact and fiction, vividly imagining the circumstances leading to their deaths, and sets a young… — Elissa Schappell Cases Copy Share Image
“The move for the pitcher of Bloody Marys on the porch railing is pure instinct, reflex. Tomatoes are packed with vitamins. Next,… — Elissa Schappell Bloody mary Copy Share Image
Dave Eggers is a prince among men when it comes to writing deeply felt, socially conscious books that meld reportage with fiction.… — Elissa Schappell Book Copy Share Image
While Max appears to greatly admire Wallace as a writer and feel compassion for him as a man, he is never starry-eyed,… — Elissa Schappell Admire Copy Share Image
You know what they say - sleep is the mother's drug of choice, but like heroin, only the very rich and the… — Elissa Schappell Choices Copy Share Image
Anthony Doerr again takes language beyond mortal limits. — Elissa Schappell Language Copy Share Image
“You should see the other guy..." Teddy says, in this laconic tone that matches her black kimono. She takes a drag on… — Elissa Schappell Copy Share Image
“No matter what kind of clouds they are – nimbus, stratus, cumulus – my mother always sees Elvis, and my sister always sees angels.” — Elissa Schappell Parenting Copy Share Image
“These crabs, Paige explained, weren’t ordinary civilian crabs, but rock ‘n’ roll royalty crabs, having been passed, via groupies, from the Rolling… — Elissa Schappell Ice water Copy Share Image
I focus best and am most productive when I’m working in a friend’s empty apartment. It’s hard for me to work at… — Elissa Schappell Apartment Copy Share Image
The stories in Dawn Raffel's astonishing Further Adventures in the Restless Universe as as sharp and bright as stars. — Elissa Schappell Adventure Copy Share Image
