The Wrong Good Deed Quotes

“He and his wife were staying at Muffin’s house, and Phyllis had already stopped in to offer her condolences. You never offered just one condolence. Most greetings were plural. Regards. Best wishes. Odd, thought Clemmie, that you “offered” condolences at all, as if they might be refused.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, The Wrong Good Deed

“And now, let us sight-read the letter of Pliny the Younger, in which he witnesses the eruption of Vesuvius. It is not easy to translate, but it is fascinating.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, The Wrong Good Deed

“Stefanie and I didn’t chat or look at snapshots of each other’s families on vacations, Muffin.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, The Wrong Good Deed