Writer. alterna-chick. introspective GenXer. feminist. dilettante. vegan. indie film and music fan. avid reader. Prefer cultural activities to sporting events. Indoors to outdoors. City to suburbs.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
They argue, but without rancor, discussing and exchanging ideas. Both are attracted by abstractions. Sometimes she forgets that she has not known Philip all her life or not known him for years.
I Married You for Happiness by Lily Tuck
It wasn’t that her mother didn’t know her; it was her mother not wanting to know what made her feel bad.
Light from a Distant Star by Mary McGarry Morris
Maybe that was why she was alone in her old age: all the men she had felt closest to loving were absorbed by something else. She doubted that the men themselves knew this—either that she’d loved them, or the lack of threat her love posed to their greater concerns.
What They Do in the Dark by Amanda Coe
Even if someone is cruel to you, if they’re the only person in your life, you’ll love them.
The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey
WHAT IS INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT HAPPENS MOSTLY IN SECRET, IN PLACES WHERE THERE IS NO POWER … THOSE WHO ALREADY HAVE POWER CONTINUE TO GLIDE ALONG THE FAMILIAR RUT THEY HAVE MADE FOR THEMSELVES.
The Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje
Some people’s lives are affected by what happens to their person or their property; but for others fate is what happens to their feelings and their thoughts- that and nothing more
Lucy Gayheart by Willa Cather
You do not want what you’ve been taught to want, and isn’t this the secret you’ve been keeping for longer than any of them…. Leave her to dream of her silent house, the bed that’s waiting for her and her husband in it, his eyes falling shut already. Sweet girl, you would drown in such a bed.
Far by Victoria Lancelotta
that’s because you are a man and you have power in the world
The Mill on the Floss
I didn’t trust men. I wanted to trust them because I knew there must be some good men in the world, but the ones I’d known had lied to my face while plotting acts of violence. Women could be bitches, but men were the ones who seemed the most capable of crimes without mercy.
The Orchard by Theresa Weir
Isn’t this the idea, in love?” he said. “That you should be able to love the worst part?
Amnesia Moon by Jonathan Lethem
