Sin in the Second City is a masterful history lesson, a harrowing biography, and - best of all - a superfun read. The Everleigh story closely follows the turns of American history like a little sister. I can't recommend this book loudly enough.

When you know you are dying, self-deceptions fly from your bedside like embers off a bonfire.

Things don't go away. They become you.

Love wasn't a thing you fell in, but rose to. It was what stopped you from falling.

Passion and platonic friendliness, often contrary siblings, frequently wear similar faces to hide the great distance between them.

I'd violated the primary rule of junior and senior high-- don't get people talking about you too much. This was wearing the brightest shirt on the playground. This was Mom giving you a kiss in the lobby.

Diminish the influence of fate