Money Quote by Rachel Hawkins

“I saw an infinity of such dreary evenings stretching out ahead of me. Trapped in a dirty old house with a grieving old woman…

— Charles Palliser

“Before our vacation, the idea of keeping a diary and scribbling my thoughts on paper seemed silly and stuck-up. And besides it was usually…

— Henry H. Roth

“We all ate a lot. I slept in this morning, though, so I think I’m more rested than you.” “You needed the sleep.” “So…

— Lily Harper Hart

“I resigned myself quite contentedly to the life of a vegetable. I went to cooking school in the morning, had lunch with friends, sat…

— Katharine Graham

“So I'd grown up eating my words, and it wasn't until later that that I realized how many had gotten backed up inside me.…

— Lisa Ko

“on without him. “I’ll confess I’m enjoying being back home. The city was exciting, but I missed these mountains and the smell of spring.”…

— Sarah Loudin Thomas

“He held up my most prized possession, a sweatshirt from spring break during my senior year of college. It was faded, tattered, and perfect…

— Tracy Brogan

“I found myself suddenly jealous of the time when things were simple, when days centered on creek walks and tetherball, and your biggest worry…

— Kathryn Williams

“Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold, then with cracked hands that ached from labor…

— Robert Hayden

“After walking for a long time, he finally pulled me near a copse of bamboo that was growing near a large teak tree. He…

— Colleen Houck

“Everything suddenly felt perfect: an hour set aside, stretching ahead of us, and there wasn't a better way to spend it. I had to…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

“I was working, but I didn't have anything like enough to do, and the bad times came in the evenings, when I went back…

— Olivia Laing