“she thinks about lying in here with alex, of the tangle of arms and rope, or lips. ” — Emily Franklin Thinks Lying Copy Share Image
“she thought about being held to the woman's chest, and lying there hair-smoothed and quiet until she felt she'd found home. ” — Emily Franklin Felt Home Copy Share Image
“at keltner's deli, everything was somehow neutralized. they were girls. they were girls with odd names who smoked after school together and… — Emily Franklin Keltner Deli Copy Share Image
“jenna preferred to think of alice that way - like an art project, colors swirling inside her, rather than of how sick… — Emily Franklin Art Copy Share Image
“it's funny how you can't exactly pick your crush. well, you can, but once it get hold of you, it's hard to… — Emily Franklin Crush Copy Share Image
“There are umbrellas for rain. Parkas for blizzards. Storm cellars for tornadoes. But there's no protection for this.” — Emily Franklin Rain Copy Share Image
“jenna had felt sexy-funny, like lucille ball with flour streaks on her face, a crumb-covered apron that didn't exactly flatter her, and… — Emily Franklin Lucille Ball Copy Share Image
“That's what being Jewish is: summoning the means to question who you are and how you have behaved. Have you remained alight… — Emily Franklin Inspirational Copy Share Image
“That's what the best par of life is, those days or minutes you can't ever frame or paint beforehand” — Emily Franklin Days Copy Share Image
“You did respond—your response was the worst kind—you did nothing.” — Emily Franklin Chances Copy Share Image
“i mean, heather said, our bodies are just these things that we float around in. it's not like they belong to anyone” — Emily Franklin Heather Copy Share Image
“It is still possible, after all, to forge a covenant that binds us not to God in obedience but to one another… — Emily Franklin Compassion Copy Share Image
“or maybe love is summed up in moments - that day in the park, the time you had chinese food by candlelight,… — Emily Franklin Chinese food Copy Share Image
“it occured to her that kissing and being kissed were two different things. and being kissed by someone you've really wanted to… — Emily Franklin Kissed Copy Share Image
“The task of any good cook, of any parent, is to be present- in the kitchen and out. To taste all the… — Emily Franklin Children Copy Share Image
“lucy went along with her mother because ginny wanted her to, because lucy felt it was what girls did with their mothers… — Emily Franklin Mother Copy Share Image
“she uncurls danny's small fists and clasps his hand to hers and notices the way even in his sleep his fingers seem… — Emily Franklin Hands together Copy Share Image
“maybe one of the reasons i don't express myself as well as i want to is because inside, shoved way down into… — Emily Franklin Express Myself Copy Share Image
“he can see alice in wet leaves, first as kids, when they'd jump in them, then as teenagers, when she would lie… — Emily Franklin Fallen leaves Copy Share Image
