Kelley

“This was how to help a family who has just lost their child. Wash the clothes, make soup. Don't ask them what they need, bring them what they need. Keep them warm. Listen to them rant, and cry, and tell their story over and over.”
― Ann Hood, The Obituary Writer

“The rule is, don't speak of the dead, not don't speak ill of the dead's terrible relatives.”
― Erin McKean, The Secret Lives of Dresses

“In all your life, only a few moments matter. Mostly you never get a good look at them except in hindsight, long after they've zipped past you: the moment when you decided whether to talk to that girl, slow down on that blind bend, stop and find that condom. I was lucky, I guess you could call it. I got to see one of mine face-to-face, and recognize it for what it was.”
― Tana French, Faithful Place

“She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity.”
― Flannery O'Connor