Quote by Kate Morton

“The three always turned me on: blood, and death, and Dolly. And better yet . . . Killer Dolly”

— Tillie Cole

“She honestly wondered sometimes which fate was worse, death or standing behind a curtain and looking out at the street at all the things…

— Elizabeth Berg

“She thought that things could not get worse . . . but they always can, and often do.”

— Stephen King

“We were in a pit. Fitting. This was, after all, my hell. This pit around the lake. The lake that had taken so much.…

— Megan Miranda

“I was feeling sort of lousy. Depressed and all. I almost wish I was dead.”

— J.D. Salinger

“Just smile at what has gone by; it could have been worse.”

— Haresh Sippy

“She, his Dolly, forever fussing and worrying over household details,”

— Leo Tolstoy

“She had died before, and it wasn’t so bad.”

— J.L. Bryan

“...the vivid past would not go away. Like music, said Peg. Even when it was over, it kept living inside you.”

— Rachel Joyce

“She would survive because that was what she did. But the pain of a loss--the grief for something she could never have--would haunt her.”

— Allison Brennan

“And it felt like every time I turned around, somebody was either dying or walking out.”

— Tony Parsons

“The situation was terrible, of course. But the universe could still be so beautiful.”

— Daniel Suarez