Bee

“how could you watch someone floss one minute, and the next minute share your deepest passion or most ridiculous, trite little fears?”
― Liane Moriarty, The Husband's Secret

“we’ve visited a lot, but being a visitor is very different from living in Hawaii, especially when you’re going to high school.”
― Kaui Hart Hemmings, Juniors

“When it comes to fake food, I’m like Samuel Johnson, who remarked, "Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.” In other words, I can give something up altogether, but I can’t indulge occasionally.”
― Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project

“But I was not especially skilled at minding children for long spells; I grew bored, perhaps like my own mother. After I spent too much time playing their games, my mind grew peckish and longed to lose itself in some book I had in my backpack. I was ever hopeful of early bedtimes and long naps.”
― Lorrie Moore, A Gate at the Stairs