

“He took a sip of my father’s weak coffee and spit it back into the mug. "This shit’s like making love in a canoe."
"Excuse me?"
"It’s fucking near water.”
― Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
"Excuse me?"
"It’s fucking near water.”
― Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

“Hugh and I have been together for so long that in order to arouse extraordinary passion, we need to engage in physical combat. Once, he hit me on the back of the head with a broken wineglass, and I fell to the floor pretending to be unconscious. That was romantic, or would have been had he rushed to my side rather than stepping over my body to fetch the dustpan.”
― Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
― Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

“If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.”
― Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
― Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

“Certain motherfuckers think they can fuck with my shit, but you can't kill the Rooster. You might can fuck him up some times, but, bitch, nobody kills the motherfucking Rooster. You know what I'm saying?”
― Me Talk Pretty One Day
― Me Talk Pretty One Day

“If you aren't cute, you may as well be clever.”
― Me Talk Pretty One Day
― Me Talk Pretty One Day
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