

“I'm a round-limbed child coloring pictures backstage at one of her shows, I'm a grouchy teenager sharing popcorn at the cinema beside her, I'm a frightened daughter holding her dying mother's hand.”
― A Winter in New York
― A Winter in New York

“Maybe this is how parents feel when their kids grow up, like some piece of them has become fundamentally unknowable.”
― Book Lovers
― Book Lovers

“We live in a world where exceptional women have to sit around waiting for mediocre men.”
― Carrie Soto Is Back
― Carrie Soto Is Back

“Being a father isn't supposed to be a bed of roses," I say. "It's not just pretty for a while and then disposable when it's useless to you. It's a forest, constantly changing, growing, evolving. It's shelter and roots and branches to climb and leaves to break their fall.”
― One Night on the Island
― One Night on the Island

“Hollow and empty are terrible ways to feel when you’re used to being full of joy. But it’s not so bad when you’re used to feeling full of pain.”
― Maybe in Another Life
― Maybe in Another Life
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