“Alcestis is the heroine of a greek myth. A love story of the saddest kind. Alcestis willingly sacrifices her life for that of her husband, Admetus, dying in his place when no one else will. An unsettling myth of self-sacrifice, it…
“my favorite thing about you is your smell you smell like earth herbs gardens a little more human than the rest of us” Editura: Andrew McMeel, 2015
Lionel Shriver is my favorite writer by far. The subject of her latest book was extremely interesting to me because my husband and I are at the same age as the main characters from the novel. Therefore some of their concerns…
“I’m here to discuss the first thing my baby ever stole from me. Jeremy. I didn’t notice the theft at first. I was happy because Jeremy was happy. He became as obsessed with my pregnancy as I was with him.” ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..…
“give me laugh lines and wrinkles i want proof of the jokes we shared engrave the lines into my face like the roots of a tree that grow deeper with each passing year i want…
Cat (William’s wife): “There were men you owned. There were men you borrowed. And then there were men you took. I would never let anyone take him from me.” Neena (Matt’s wife): “William was, among the rich and successful men of…
“When my sister was four, my mother had pretty much given up hope of ever having any more kids. And then guess what? I came along. Surprise. I was her miracle baby. Her precious angel from God. Her granted wish. Her…
“Dear Journal, This motherfucker is killing me. Fresh out of shower. His hair’s all damp and sexy, and his beard scruff is at that perfect length — just long enough to be soft to the touch, but not so long that…
“In Florida, Florence had grown used to being the most sophisticated person in the room. But in this grubby bar (NY), she felt inadequate–stupid, really–for the first time in her life. She had been blithely walking around thinking she knew more…
“The rape lasted for close to an hour.” ……………………………………………………………………. “They say it is a miracle treatment–to have the most horrible trauma erased from your mind. What I want to express now, at the beginning of the story, is that it was…
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