The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3

by Beth Brower

“I’ve never read either, but I think Austen wrote of better men than myself.” “That depends if you are the hero, the villain, or the fool,”

“It’s messier than we ever imagined it to be as children,” he said. “What?” “Life.”

I learned a long time ago that my happiness has to be separate from the things beyond my control.”

“It isn’t my nature to choose sadness if I can help it,”

A day of great triumph! I am in possession of a new book.

“Does he read?” “Oh, I expect not. How else would one remain so incredibly stupid?

Me calling him stupid was less a reflection of his ability and more of the state in which he exists.”