“The things that don't happen to us that we'll never know didn't happen to us. The nonstories. The extra minute to find the briefcase that makes you late to the spot where a tractor trailer mauled another car instead of yours. The woman you didn't meet because she couldn't get a taxi to the party you had to leave early from. All of life is a series of nonstories if you look at it that way. We just don't know what they are.” IfsKnowsWayLooksHappensLife IsPartyMinutesCarLateSeriesSpotsExtrasTaxiTrailersTractorsBriefcases Author:Anita Shreve
“And then she moved from shock to grief the way she might enter another room.” WayMightRoomsGriefMovedShock Book:The Pilot's Wife Source: The Pilot's Wife
“A single action can cause a life to veer off in a direction it was never meant to go. Falling in love can do that, you think. And so can a wild party. You marvel at the way each has the power to forever alter an individual's compass. And it is the knowing that such a thing can so easily happen, as you did not know before, not really, that has fundamentally changed you and your son.” ThinkingKnowsWayHappensActionFallIndividualCausesCan DoPartyForeverKnowingChangedSonFalling In LoveCompassYour SonWild Party Author:Anita Shreve
