Invisible Quotes

“I wrapped my hands around the familiar cup and tried to draw strength from it. It was from Thea's old Moss Rose set, remnant of careful scrimping and saving in her first year of marriage. Yet the mellow old cup now brought me no comfort, only a feeling of helplessness, of time slipping away. Sunday-best dishes gone to everyday and now to mismatched pieces. Like Thea and me”
― Lorena McCourtney, Invisible

“Me, I got patted down! I felt rather flattered that he thought I could have an AK-47 concealed in my pants leg or a bomb strapped to my Wal-Mart bra.”
― Lorena McCourtney, Invisible

“flowered”
― Lorena McCourtney, Invisible

“It was beginning to feel as if I knew more people residing in cemeteries than in houses these days, and I left feeling a little glum myself.”
― Lorena McCourtney, Invisible

“Just remember, being young is nice, but being old is comfortable.”
― Lorena McCourtney, Invisible

“At one time, Madison Street had been quietly residential, curving gently to a rural road below, but the city had reached out like a hungry blob of protoplasm and engulfed us.”
― Lorena McCourtney, Invisible

“Perhaps eccentricity is an area I haven't explored sufficiently.”
― Lorena McCourtney, Invisible

“pickup? Or”
― Lorena McCourtney, Invisible

“dog knew what the words meant.”
― Lorena McCourtney, Invisible

“over her pink flamingo yard ornament.” My private opinion was that a pink flamingo yard ornament deserved demolishing by any available means. A comment left unsaid, of course. Thea’s face”
― Lorena McCourtney, Invisible

“that a pink flamingo yard ornament deserved demolishing by any available means. A comment left unsaid, of course. Thea’s face had paled to”
― Lorena McCourtney, Invisible