The Admissions Quotes

“But really what it all came down to was that they wanted someone to listen. It was that simple; that was, at heart, what every single person walking across this green earth wanted.”
― Meg Mitchell Moore, The Admissions

“One day Cecily would grow up and fall in love and have her heart broken and do stupid things. She'd regret and wonderful things she'd remember for the rest of her life; there'd be a time when Nora might not know where Cecily was for days or even weeks at a time or what she was doing or with whom. She'd get a job (or not); she'd love it (or not); she might get married and have kids of her own or be a single mother or not be a mother at all. She might be a lesbian or an archaeologist (obviously Nora knew you could be both of those at once) and she might hurt people and ache with regret or be hurt herself and ache with sadness. She might not always be safe but for now she was, she was right here with Nora and she was sleeping and nothing could get to her at this moment." ♥️♥️”
― Meg Mitchell Moore, The Admissions

“a crapshoot, who gets in and who doesn’t, I should have been more aware of that. I mean, I was aware of it, but all along I thought, well, who wouldn’t want you? Right?” SMILE ALL DAY LONG, said those little Post-its, back when Angela had so much love to give she didn’t know what to do with it all. Back when it”
― Meg Mitchell Moore, The Admissions

“Was everything going to continue to come toward these kids earlier and earlier so that they emerged from the womb with their teeth wired, wearing glasses and helmets, scheduling math tutors?”
― Meg Mitchell Moore, The Admissions

“You never quite knew another’s story, did you, if you hadn’t walked by that person’s side their whole long lives.”
― Meg Mitchell Moore, The Admissions

“Purloined.”
― Meg Mitchell Moore, The Admissions