“Make poverty, sickness, and death central issues in the contract," he says, "it's no wonder the divorce rate is fifty percent.” — Melissa Jensen Death Copy Share Image
“sometimes no matter how many eyelashes or dandelion seeds you blow, no matter how much of your heart you tear out and… — Melissa Jensen Dandelion seeds Copy Share Image
“when he kissed me i couldn't have cared less about being a good person. i felt amazing. p304 the fine art of… — Melissa Jensen Art Copy Share Image
“I figured anything Maxine Rothaus called rough was, in fact, vicious and lawless and inclined to eat its own young.” — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“I bent and twistend and distorted everything ... to fit my pretty picture. God, I belibed my own hype. How stupid, how… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“Subject: Hey. Just thought I would check and make sure you weren't felled by a rogue turkey bacteria. Subject: A, I really… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“I thought maybe she would have been an okay teacher. If she hadn't been guaranteed to scare the opinions right out of… — Melissa Jensen Heart Copy Share Image
“Ella. If you don’t learn to carpe the diem, you will be, while most certainly not Nobody, something less than a Somebody.” — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“I wanted to be grossed out. Instead, I had the surprising thought that I really really wanted someone who would do that:… — Melissa Jensen Kleenex Copy Share Image
“Nonna is convinced that the ink from tattoos gets way inside and,like the mercury in tinned tuna, causes brain damage.She doesn't know… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“It's not the scar and it's abso-freakin-lutely not you." I dropped my hand. "Yeah, right." I sagged against him a little. For… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“One popular connection was enough for him,ya think?" I asked the bronze Mary above me. "If you Phillites are scary now, I… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“I was going to walk right into the hallowed halls in my battered Chucks and eans, to sit among first-edition Trollopes-assuming they'd… — Melissa Jensen Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“The bequest was for the contents of Edward Willing's library," she said tersely, "and did not include the paintings.Those went...elsewhere." Her already… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“I couldn't even work up a tingle in holding An Account of the Manners and Customs of Italy; with Observations on the… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“Will that be cash or charge?" he asked. I looked down at my hands. I was still holding the stripy turtleneck. "Cash,… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“And just like that, I was officially In Deep: 1. Interested in art. (Me, charcoal; him, colored ink). 2. Not afraid of… — Melissa Jensen Afraid of love Copy Share Image
“Nearby,one of the overexcited frat boys started wildly windmilling his arms. He had overbalanced and now tipped himself right over the wall.In… — Melissa Jensen Fish Copy Share Image
“What is it you want , Ella?" "What you had," I answered softly, "with Diana. That once-in-a-lifetime connection that makes everything good."… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“I noticed that she left her office door open, too.So she could keep an eye on me, no doubt, in case I… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“Besides, I'm not a mirror girl. I have Frankie and Sadie to tell me if I have lettuce in my teeth. I… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“There was something about the shopping mall/raw fish combo that just seemed wrong. "Sadie," I began, but didn't have the heart. Frankie… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“Wow." That was one way of putting it. "My mother likes Klimt," I explained. She had this, The Kiss , on coasters,… — Melissa Jensen Marriage Copy Share Image
“Too racy?" I asked. She snorted. "Too asinine. For being such a brilliant woman in all other respects, apparently, she was completely… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“Look,Freddy Krueger, if I thought there was a chance in a gazillion that Alex would even feature you in a nightmare, I… — Melissa Jensen Freddy krueger Copy Share Image
“I was halfway out the door before Daniel had even stopped. I slipped off his coat and gloves. "Thanks," I told him.… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“Frankie was making me work for my forgiveness. It had taken several days, a thousand phone messages, and a seriously overpriced Vogue… — Melissa Jensen Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“Frankie turned back and forth in front of the three-way mirror. "I have absolutely no ass whatsoever." A few feet away,a woman… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“I don't think anyone outside my family knows that." "Not even Amanda?" It came out before I could stop it. "Not even… — Melissa Jensen Digging ditches Copy Share Image
“Daniel stood up and loomed over Sadie. "Sing?" "Sorry?" "Do.You.Want.To.Sing.With.Me?" For a count of five, nothing happened. Then,a thousand sad wallflowers at… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“There's a rumor Barsky's Chemistry Club is cultivating some fierce bacteria in the lab," Frankie informed me a few minutes later, after… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“He shoved up his sleeves, displaying several thin leather bracelets and the red-and-black tip of a dragon tail just above his right… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“Promise me this: ... you will stand for yourself, especially in the times when no one seems interested in standing for you.” — Melissa Jensen Promise Copy Share Image
“You wanna know something," was Dad's refrain while we were growing up, "get a book." Of course,he predates Google, but it stuck… — Melissa Jensen Book Copy Share Image
“An hour later, proven absolutely right, I slid the last drawer closed, sat on the dusty floor, and had a good, sorry=for-myself… — Melissa Jensen Time Copy Share Image
“I'd always made a point of talking to Edward only when I could look him in the face. Otherwise,it seemed a little… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“You are an enigma wrapped in a mystery," he teased me once. "And you're failing French.” — Melissa Jensen Enigma Copy Share Image
“We only tell the secrets we secretly want not to be secret, right? And learn as much from what isn't told.” — Melissa Jensen Secret Copy Share Image
“I never thought I would see you armed." I was trying for levity. It worked like a lead balloon.” — Melissa Jensen Levity Copy Share Image
“ Truth (according to Edward Willing): People who rely on first sight are either lazy or deluded.” — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
