Too busy Quote by Jessica Burkhart

“Although they pretended to be angry, and because that finally destroyed their guilt, some people were each secretly happy to discover that their partner…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“I couldn't understand; cheating was the one thing I'd told her all those years ago would be unforgivable. She knew, she said, but that…

— Garth Risk Hallberg

“They weren’t lies but promises, however silently made. He wanted to keep her. She wanted to let him. They both wanted for the wrong…

— Ruthie Knox

“I couldn't bring myself to ask Matka why they had taken him. She pretended that he'd gone away on business. I pretended I knew…

— F.C. Malby

“But he didn’t tell her and she didn’t tell him, and if it guessed their secrets, it kept silent. He”

— Jeff VanderMeer

“Still, as much as he hated to do it, he had to give her an out. When they entered the house, he brought her…

— Liz Andrews

“I don’t know what I’d do without you, Leon.” And there it was. That unlocking inside him. That thing only she could do to…

— Caragh M. O'Brien

“Why would you bother lying?” Her eyes darkened. “What would you gain?” “Your ruffles?” He watched her face and knew the moment when she…

— Catherine Anderson

“He might have been a thief and a liar and a cheat, but he was a good person.”

— Judy Blundell

“Well,” Jasmine said.  “Did you miss them?”

— Christopher Nuttall

“She didn't. I hadn't seen or spoken to Hailey since I left Silence." He frowned. "Then she made that stuff up?" Nell sipped her…

— Kay Hooper

“She must have already forgiven him for leaving her behind. Girls were good at coloring in those disappointing blank spots. I thought of the…

— Emma Cline