[Kenny] leaned back against the counter and studied the other man. โSo Dex, howโs come youโre still alive to tell the tale?โ Dexter wiped up a small coffee spill, the sat on the stool next to Torie. โAll Iโm prepared to say is that your sister and I slept together, and, since I compromised her, I intend to marry her.โ Torie dropped her forehead and banged it three times against the countertop. โYou are such a geek.โ โDoesnโt sound like sheโs too enthusiastic about it,โ Kenny said.
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsYou can't do extraordinary things in the world if you're spending time criticizing others because they don't look or behave the way you think they should.
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsFigure out what depletes you creatively and get it out out of your life. (This doesn't apply to spouse and kids.) Give yourself permission to put garbage on the screen. A lot of days it's the only way you'll be able to keep going. You can clean it up later.
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsCal โs eyes reflected a weird combination of frenzy and fear as he twisted toward his father. โMy God! Sheโs on her way to becoming the most famous physicist in the country, and sheโsdumb as a post ! You arenot having your baby in this house! Youโre having it at the county hospital!
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsShe loved Bram in a clear-eyed way sheโd never loved her ex-husband, no rose-colored glasses or mindless giddiness, no Cinderella fantasies or false certainty that heโd put her life in order. What she felt for Bram was messy, honest, and soul-deep. He felt likeโฆpart of her, the best and the worst. Like someone she wanted to struggle through life with; share triumphs and catastrophes; share holidays, birthdays, every days
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