Ann Patchett

We had invented time, and

We had invented time, and we could not kill it fast enough.

The compromise was that I would do all the cleaning and cooking and that neither of us would complain about it, which suited both of us fin

MY FAMILY, like every family, had its own particular set of insanities about money, but we had enough

. Based on my limited personal experience, I had thought it was a given that plastic surgeons had good magazine

Grief isn’t something to ‘be gotten through.’ It has no life of its own like that, it’s just plain and simply there. It’s one of the things which tells us we’re human.

Poetry defined her, saved her. There were times it seemed to be the only thing around that made perfect sense.

The point isn’t to hear it and then reject it. The point is to cross to the other side of the street when you see him coming

if you don’t want to engage with someone, don’t engage with them, ever, on any level, and they will go away.

Lucy tried constantly to find and fully participate in any joy that was available to her, but still she was pulled into scorching bouts of depression