“What I like about cooking is that, so long as you follow the recipe exactly, everything always turns out perfect. It’s too bad there’s no recipe for happiness. Happiness is more like pastry—which is to say that you can take pains to keep cool and not overwork the dough, but if you don’t have that certain light touch, your best efforts still fall flat. The work-around is to buy what you need. I’m talking about pastry, not happiness, although money does make things easier all around.” IfsNeedsLongDoeStillsLightPainCertainTurnsFallPerfectEffortTalkingEasierCookingFlatsRecipesBest EffortPastriesDoughOverwork Author:Josh Lanyon
“Focus on someone else’s problems for a change, I instructed myself. You need the practice. From now on you’ll have to live in a world you didn’t make up. Horrible thought.” WorldNeedsProblemPracticeFocusHorrible Author:Josh Lanyon
“And I thought maybe I didn't need to worry about my heart anymore because it had stopped beating a couple of seconds earlier, and I was still sitting there living and breathing-though admittedly I wasn't feeling much of anything.” NeedsHeartStillsFeelingsWorryCoupleMy HeartSittingBreathingSeconds Author:Josh Lanyon
“I gave a helpless laugh. “Damned if I know. I think…we seem to have reached impasse. I feel betrayed by your friendship with Verlane. I realize that’s not logical. I realize that if I’d made the mistakes Verlane has made, I’d want my friends to stand by me, hope that someone would help me when the time came. I just…” “What?” I met his eyes. “I just need to come first for someone, Guy.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantNeedsFeelsFirstsMadeHelpingSeemsEyeGuyRealizingMistakeLaughingMetsMy FriendsHis EyesHelp MeLogicalHelplessBetrayedStand By MeImpasse Author:Josh Lanyon
“Do you still do the clubs?” Jake shakes his head. “You do the clubs because you can’t find what you need at home. I’ve got everything I need. I’ve got the answer to needs I didn’t even know I had.” KnowsNeedsStillsHomeAnswersClubsShakesJake Author:Josh Lanyon
“The battle rages eternal, though the race, religion, gender or sexual orientation of those discriminated against changes regularly. Maybe man’s need for a scapegoat is genetically programmed into him.” MenNeedsRaceBattleEternalGenderRageOrientationScapegoat Author:Josh Lanyon
