“What was Sam afraid of? Withering away here. Dreaming of chances she'd never be able to take, and shriveling up from that denial, getting poorer and put under more pressure and pushed farther from the rest of the world. Compared to those fears, getting mauled by a bear seemed a delight.” Life LessonsGrowing UpSadnessKarmaSmall Towns Book:Bear Source: Bear
“There'd been only three hundred students in the whole school, which made it a tiny, gossipy hellhole, a bucket of crabs snapping at each other and falling over themselves.” Life LessonsGrowing UpSadnessKarmaSmall Towns Book:Bear Source: Bear
“He died and the whole Soviet Union followed. Revmira's country, her young face, the entire course of her life had changed. Since she started at the hospital, she had sat next to more than a hundred persons to help them go, so she knew death well: the release of breath, the rattle, the calm. Her parents went the same way, one after the other. And she missed them. She had resigned herself a long time ago to missing all the people who left her.” Death Book:Disappearing Earth Source: Disappearing Earth
“Con la distancia, todo el el mundo parece mejor. Todo el mundo parece más agradable cuando no tienes que escucharlo continuamente. Después de que Yuri colgara, Natasha pasó junto a su hermano, en el muro, y su madre, que estaba limpiándose las gafas al lado. Querer a quienes tienes cerca..., eso es lo difícil.” AfectoDistancia Book:Disappearing Earth Source: Disappearing Earth
“Remember to negotiate thickness as well as height on the lettering of your name.” WellsRememberNamesHeightThickness Author:Julia Phillips
“We're smart enough to know we need to live in groups to survive, but we're still animals and we needs lots of room. In the case of the male of the species we also probably need that-guy-over-there's space. And his wife and cow, too.” KnowsMenNeedsStillsEnoughGuySpaceAnimalRoomsCasesWifeGroupsSmartSpeciesMalesCowsThat Guy Author:Julia Phillips
“Ah, the relationships we get into just to get out of the ones we are not brave enough to say are over.” EnoughBrave Author:Julia Phillips
“You can imagine what a trip this is for a Jewish girl from Great Neck-I get to win an Academy Award and meet Elizabeth Taylor at the same time.” GirlWinningImagineNecksAwardsAcademyAcademy Awards Author:Julia Phillips
“Her life was like running on a treadmill or riding on a stationary bike; it was aerobic, it was healthy, but she wasn't going anywhere.” LifeRunningHealthyRidingBikeTreadmillsStationary Author:Julia Phillips
“Hollywood is a place that attracts people with massive holes in their souls.” PeopleSoulHollywoodHolesMassive Author:Julia Phillips