Circled Quotes

“The art depicts duplicity and depravity,” he said, “but its purpose is to counteract the human tendency to fill in the blanks with goodness. We do that instinctively, and in ignorance, to compensate for breaches of the soul so deplorable that we can barely fathom them.” I”
― Anne McAneny, Circled

“As long as you promise we’ll be together forever.” Her smile provided all the answer he needed. “You never give up, do you?” “A giving-up person is not a snake-catching kind of person, and I, Macy LeGrange, am a snake-catching kind of person.” He shrugged his slim shoulders. “Ain’t never gonna change my mind about you. And if you decide not to have me in this life, you’ll have me in the next—’cause we’re all hoop snakes in the end.” He”
― Anne McAneny, Circled

“Hoop smiled and slugged her arm in return. “You do know, don’t you, Macy?” “Know what?” “That all the money in the world can’t bring you happiness.” “Course”
― Anne McAneny, Circled

“What was I supposed to do with this cyclone of emotions? I was melting and shrinking one second, enraged and erupting the next. I wanted to pass out—no—more—I wanted to grab the world by the scruff of its miserable neck and shake it until it behaved. I felt the dire need to exit by force any world that would let such events transpire. And”
― Anne McAneny, Circled

“with an unexpected wave in the middle and a mild curl at the ends. A hat maker would have deemed it a wide head while a modeling agency would regard it as round,”
― Anne McAneny, Circled

“Red next to black is a friend of Jack; red next to yellow will kill a fellow.”
― Anne McAneny, Circled