Attachments

by Rainbow Rowell

I would have given Billy Madison six stars if they were mine to give. You know how I feel about Adam Sandler—and

Money is a cruel thing. It’s the thing that stands between you and the things you want and the people you love.”

Love. Purpose. Those are the things that you can’t plan for. Those are the things that just happen. And what if they don’t happen? Do you spend your whole life pining for them? Waiting to be happy?

October, baptize me with leaves! Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup. October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins. O autumn! O teakettle! O grace!