“My mom told me once that Wyatt loved her the way a boy will love his mother, but I loved her the… — Laura Anderson Kurk Art Copy Share Image
“Hearing my brother’s words coming out of Henry, this stranger in a strange town, made me feel wild with all the loss—wild… — Laura Anderson Kurk Brotherhood Copy Share Image
“I thought back to Meg’s advice about Hemingway sentences—simple declarative statements that showed the truth and distilled the meaning. My first attempt… — Laura Anderson Kurk Angels Copy Share Image
“But Quinn held the fuzzy handcuffs in his hands, looking them over closely, and he smiled. “Oh, hey, did you want to… — Laura Anderson Kurk Dating Copy Share Image
“I recognized Meg’s swirly handwriting and crooked my index finger into the side of the envelope to rip it open. There was… — Laura Anderson Kurk Dating Copy Share Image
“Jo told me once that she was an old woman everywhere but in her studio. “There I’m only myself,” she’d said. Standing… — Laura Anderson Kurk Art Copy Share Image
“In my mind, I saw a string stretching from Henry’s heart at Quiet Waters to my heart. It was taut and it… — Laura Anderson Kurk College-applications Copy Share Image
“Thanet is having a moment,” I said, leaning forward so Quinn could see him. “What’s wrong, man?” Quinn said. “Were you not… — Laura Anderson Kurk College Copy Share Image
“He carried her over the Owl Creek mountain range without stopping,” he said, quietly this time. “He carried her until he reached… — Laura Anderson Kurk Dating Copy Share Image
“He ran his hand from my wrist up to the crook of my elbow and then to my shoulder. “When I was… — Laura Anderson Kurk Dating Copy Share Image
“My dad used to say, ‘This is what your right arm’s for, son,’” John said. “This is the time and these are… — Laura Anderson Kurk Dating Copy Share Image
“My mom was sitting at the kitchen table. She’d set her coffee down, making a noise that made me look her way.… — Laura Anderson Kurk Depression Copy Share Image
“I didn’t look at Thanet. I couldn’t because he would see the hurt on my face. “He loves you,” Thanet said. “He’s… — Laura Anderson Kurk College Copy Share Image
“All of the emotions that hit people at times like these, all of them, were coursing through us both like a secret… — Laura Anderson Kurk Breakups Copy Share Image
“Her problem is with pretty,” Tennyson said. "She thinks I’ll need all these dresses in college. Like I would ever in a… — Laura Anderson Kurk Beauty Copy Share Image
“The first thing I needed, possibly the only thing, was to kiss her and I did, for as long as I could.… — Laura Anderson Kurk Dating Copy Share Image
“Camus and Henry waved to me from that muddy truck. They both wanted me to get over myself. So, this was me,… — Laura Anderson Kurk Camus Copy Share Image
“Everybody likes to be known. Heck, its why people roll their car window down when their favorite song comes on. They're telling… — Laura Anderson Kurk Favorite song Copy Share Image
“It was an oddly satisfying idea to feel bereft as I left my mother this time. We only feel bereft when we’re… — Laura Anderson Kurk Depression Copy Share Image
“With a damp palm, I turned the knob and cracked open the door. She was asleep in her freshly made bed. I… — Laura Anderson Kurk Depression Copy Share Image
“Uncommon anxiety came to us in common hours when other people were doing mundane things like taking out the trash or checking… — Laura Anderson Kurk Anxiety Copy Share Image
“New rules—we needed new rules. No one opens the main doors but me. No one leaves the property without me. No one… — Laura Anderson Kurk Desperate times Copy Share Image
“Look at this one.” I picked up a small painting of a man with dark hair and a short, dark beard. He… — Laura Anderson Kurk Art Copy Share Image
“I reached down and picked up a baseball bat at my feet and I flung it as hard as it could. It… — Laura Anderson Kurk Adoption Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, in the stillness of my room, my mom’s voice came to me, repeating things she’d said for months. Like, “My skin… — Laura Anderson Kurk Anxiety Copy Share Image
“He smiled and squinted at me again, tilting his head up and to the right as he stared. “Maybe what I’m attracted… — Laura Anderson Kurk Art Copy Share Image
“Is there one in particular, Tennyson?” Henry said, ducking out from under her arm. “I could arrange a meeting.” “Yeah, the one… — Laura Anderson Kurk Dating Copy Share Image
“You’re kidding, right? The whole town will know where we are just by the idle on that thing.” He feigned a look… — Laura Anderson Kurk Cars Copy Share Image
“She didn’t see me because of the reflection on the store windows, and she wouldn’t know me in this car anyway. In… — Laura Anderson Kurk Dating Copy Share Image
“We all think when we’re young that we want excitement and highs and passion. To hell with ordinary.” I smiled and she… — Laura Anderson Kurk Family Copy Share Image
“For a second, I stared at the map of her veins just under the surface of her thin skin. It was like… — Laura Anderson Kurk Aging Copy Share Image
“But with her eyes closed, she began to whisper. “If you have someone to love, then love. If you have someone to… — Laura Anderson Kurk Aging Copy Share Image
“I meant that the hatred of that July day in Nashville was alive and well on that horrible day in Pittsburgh. People… — Laura Anderson Kurk Bullying Copy Share Image
“Hold still, Meg, you’re dripping blood on my car seats.” I reached behind the passenger seat of Tennyson’s car looking for the… — Laura Anderson Kurk Blood Copy Share Image
“I needed out. The Jeep wasn’t fast enough. I shut it down, grabbed the keys and started running like a bear was… — Laura Anderson Kurk Dating Copy Share Image
“Do you know how hard it is to paint kindness?” She leaned her hip against a desk in the corner of the… — Laura Anderson Kurk Art Copy Share Image
“I worried I would miss it, and I knew, from losing Wyatt, that things happen the moment the soul is released. Wyatt… — Laura Anderson Kurk Art Copy Share Image
“Here was what I wanted to happen when I walked through the door after my first real date and my first ever… — Laura Anderson Kurk Dear god Copy Share Image
“He’d had to fold his long legs into his desk. His boots had seen better days, and his jeans unraveled in a… — Laura Anderson Kurk Attraction Copy Share Image
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