“He held his hands tightly together and cursed his daughter for bringing the terrible world, with its humiliation and longing, back to… — Maile Meloy Children Copy Share Image
When they started to drain a swamp where birds and fish had lived, for a new housing development down the road from… — Maile Meloy Apartment Copy Share Image
“It takes experience to know what is a catastrophe (Richard Hughes, 'A High Wind in Jamaica'),” — Maile Meloy Catastrophe Copy Share Image
“Civilization, her mother had told her since she was small, was a series of agreements about what was good for everyone, enforced… — Maile Meloy Culture Copy Share Image
To be a kid is to be invisible and to listen, and to interpret things that aren't necessarily meant for you to… — Maile Meloy Invisible Copy Share Image
“All the while, Everett felt both the threat of disorder and the steady, thrumming promise of having everything he wanted, all at… — Maile Meloy Copy Share Image
“We're creating little hedonists,' Frank used to say. 'Nothing will be as pleasurable as this for the rest of their lives. They'll… — Maile Meloy Copy Share Image
“Benjamin called it “estro-lock,” the way the two women could talk for hours and lose track of time. They ended up in… — Maile Meloy Communication Copy Share Image
“Whenever we tamper with natural laws, there are consequences,” the count said. “The larger the disruption, the larger the consequence.” — Maile Meloy Nature Copy Share Image
His heart felt dangerously full, for the first time in years. That dried-up battered organ, suddenly flush with love. It could kill… — Maile Meloy First time Copy Share Image
“They had started one of those wish-fulfillment kids’ adventure books, where the boy hero has exactly the qualities he needs to triumph,… — Maile Meloy Adult Copy Share Image
I settled in with The Uninvited Guests thinking I knew what kind of Edwardian pleasures were in store: the fraught dinner party… — Maile Meloy Books Copy Share Image
“There's a look little girls have who are adored by their fathers," Bea said. "It's that facial expression of being totally impervious… — Maile Meloy Bad thing Copy Share Image
At the simplicity of the gesture, he felt a pang: the raw nerve of his loneliness exposed. — Maile Meloy Exposed Copy Share Image
“We have to think of a question that we wouldn't otherwise want to answer.' He stood over the pot, looking down at… — Maile Meloy Magic Copy Share Image
“Now, alone on the roof, Valentine looked at her shoes and wished people would either stay or go away, but not constantly… — Maile Meloy Copy Share Image
“I baptize you in the name of the conservation of energy. What comes around goes around.” — Maile Meloy Energy Copy Share Image
“Chet suddenly wished she had quit teaching the class because of him, that he’d had any effect on her at all.” — Maile Meloy Copy Share Image
The force with which he wanted it both ways made him grit his teeth. What kind of fool wanted it only one… — Maile Meloy Fool Copy Share Image
“She craved a family, not having had enough of one to understand what a pain in the ass it was.” — Maile Meloy Family Copy Share Image
“Yvette had never talked about her marriage - she was a smart girl, and she knew you had no right to complain… — Maile Meloy Marriage Copy Share Image
“I guess if everyone was blind, and you tried to describe vision to them, it would sound crazy and made up.” — Maile Meloy Dreams Copy Share Image
