The funny thing about stop signs is that they're also start signs.

Can I tell you something you really don't want to hear? He's going to break up with you. - Stuart

Quarrels are a natural part of relationships. Making up is always the best part.

This kind of thing always amazed Ginny--people who just walked away from institutions. People who left school when they didn't see the point. Aunt Peg had done that. Ginny knew she never would. That either made her someone who worked hard and finished things, or someone who didn't have the guts to break away from the pack. Maybe both.

The kids I talk to are readers, and the craziest, the most dedicated readers you will ever see.

Were you playing with Stuart?" she asked. The question was loaded. I was a filthy, filthy woman, and even the five-year-old knew it.

I looked at the stained-glass image of the lamb in the window above me, but that only reminded me that lambs are famous for being led to slaughter, or sometimes hanging out with lions in ill-advised relationships.