“Lyssa thought she would talk to her mother about it, and then she remembered. She had to keep remembering, even after she'd seen the body and signed the paperwork and arranged a funeral. Somehow she'd expected the dying to be the worst part, that after it was over she could go home and tell some healthy living version of her mother about the terrible thing that had just happened to her.” DeathChangeLossGriefDyingMourningRemembering Book:The Office of Historical Corrections Source: The Office of Historical Corrections
“...my twenties, which I'd treated with a cast-down-your-bucket-where-you-are approach, had thus far only brought me a string of men who were all very sad about some quality in themselves that they had no intention of making any effort to change.” MenRelationshipsChangeDatingTwentiesFlaws Book:The Office of Historical Corrections Source: The Office of Historical Corrections