In the end it all came down to companionship, to friendship, to sacrifice, to compromise.
Richard RussoIt's possible to overlook character flaws of in-laws for the simple reason that you feel neither responsible for them nor genetically implicated.
Richard RussoA lot of my characters in all of my books have a self-destructive urge. They'll do precisely the thing that they know is wrong, take a perverse delight in doing the wrong thing.
Richard RussoAmerica has always been a nation of small places, and as we lose them, we're losing part of ourselves.
Richard Russo