If a Stranger Approaches You Quotes

“The veterinarian looked at Buttons for a few seconds, and then he looked up at Karen. He cleared his throat. He said, “Ma’am, I don’t know how to tell you this, but—Buttons—Buttons isn’t a dog.”
― Laura Kasischke, If a Stranger Approaches You

“backs. Followed by the traditional Burning of the Gifts. Everyone would gather to watch the toaster and blender explode. Followed by the sacrificial drowning of a bridesmaid, the one who’d caught the fucking bouquet?”
― Laura Kasischke, If a Stranger Approaches You

“Shouldn’t the preacher who married the couple in the first place have to fly back in on a broomstick for that, too—that moving on? Shouldn’t there be some ritual involving a long walk over hot coals while all the guests who’d been at the wedding watched, weeping, throwing stones at your bare”
― Laura Kasischke, If a Stranger Approaches You