Laura Anderson Kurk

“1. All glass will break. 2. I am made of glass. 3. Therefore, I will break.”

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“What I know about you, Henry,” he said. “Is that you, as big as you are, know how to walk gently on…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“Next to the first Henry and Meg, Henry had written, “Promise?” Well, that genie’s out of the bottle and there’s no stuffing…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“But I'm feeling like I'm tucking some paper around in the hole you left. The wind still whistles in, but I'm not…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“I could’ve gone on and on but the truth was all that mattered. “My brother died because someone was jealous.”

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“Hmmm. What you’re saying is that you’ve never been kissed?” He picked at a string on the blanket under us.”

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“I tell her all the time,'whiskey is risky and it makes girls frisky.”

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“We're connected by millions of shared experiences and dreams and nightmares, all tied together with compassion.”

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“In my mind, I saw a string stretching from Henry’s heart at Quiet Waters to my heart. It was taut and it…

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“Jo told me once that she was an old woman everywhere but in her studio. “There I’m only myself,” she’d said. Standing…

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“Uncommon anxiety came to us in common hours when other people were doing mundane things like taking out the trash or checking…

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“With a damp palm, I turned the knob and cracked open the door. She was asleep in her freshly made bed. I…

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“Everybody likes to be known. Heck, its why people roll their car window down when their favorite song comes on. They're telling…

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“It was an oddly satisfying idea to feel bereft as I left my mother this time. We only feel bereft when we’re…

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“Thanet is having a moment,” I said, leaning forward so Quinn could see him. “What’s wrong, man?” Quinn said. “Were you not…

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“Camus and Henry waved to me from that muddy truck. They both wanted me to get over myself. So, this was me,…

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“Hold still, Meg, you’re dripping blood on my car seats.” I reached behind the passenger seat of Tennyson’s car looking for the…

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“I needed out. The Jeep wasn’t fast enough. I shut it down, grabbed the keys and started running like a bear was…

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“Do you know how hard it is to paint kindness?” She leaned her hip against a desk in the corner of the…

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“I meant that the hatred of that July day in Nashville was alive and well on that horrible day in Pittsburgh. People…

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“We all think when we’re young that we want excitement and highs and passion. To hell with ordinary.” I smiled and she…

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“For a second, I stared at the map of her veins just under the surface of her thin skin. It was like…

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“But with her eyes closed, she began to whisper. “If you have someone to love, then love. If you have someone to…

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“And what do you want?” I almost choked. “How could you even ask me that, Henry?” He sighed. “Because I’m thousands of…

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“I’d felt this before, when my granddad was in the hospital before he died. We all camped out in the waiting room,…

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“Henry drew a shaky breath. “Do me a favor, Meg.” “Anything,” I whispered. “Don’t fall for Quinn O’Neill. If you’re going to…

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“I get that. For you, it’s more than following a bunch of rules—no sex, no booze, no swear words, pray every night…

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“I smiled at him. Not even Wyatt would have known how to be this honorable when talking about a girl that had…

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“Wyatt told me once that if tenderness were a disease, I’d be terminal.”

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“I finally understood why so much monkey business happened in the backs of buses. Put us in close proximity, with wheels spinning…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“I won’t forget it,” I said. “I hope you meet someone perfect one day.” “Ha…yeah, that’s just it. I think I already…

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“I’d known cruelty in a school—cruelty that would keep these amateurs up all night. But this kind of scene—crowds batting around a…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“Quit worrying so much about the boards and nails of your life. Focus on the stuff that lasts.” He glanced through the…

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“Then let me be your mercy,” he said. “I’ll never be able to give you smart answers about why we suffer, but…

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“He was taking a leap here, negotiating with a crackhead, under the table, in a dark cantina. The courage etched on his…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“I turned my ear toward the door because I heard him breathing. When you’re alone and afraid, the simple sound of the…

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“But I understood, now, that we don’t live only for ourselves. We’re connected by millions of shared experiences and dreams and nightmares,…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“I pretended to be a Cheyenne guide. I pretended to be a prairie woman. I pretended Henry was my old-timey husband taking…

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“On the best nights, he’d appear outside the bookstore window and wait for me to unlock the door. He usually hadn’t had…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“The ice cold fear I’d felt, not knowing if Wyatt was alive, pressed into the wall with other girls and surrounded by…

— Laura Anderson Kurk