“In everyone's life there are people who stay and people who go and people who are taken against their will.” PeopleTaken Book:We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Source: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
“Lots of people go mad in January. Not as many as in May, of course. Nor June. But January is your third most common month for madness.” PeopleMayCoursesCommonMonthsThirdsMadnessMadJuneJanuary Book:Sarah Canary Source: Sarah Canary
“We all have a sense of level. It may not be based on class exactly anymore, but we still have a sense of what we're entitled to. People pick partners who are nearly their equal in looks. The pretty marry the pretty, the ugly the ugly. To the detriment of the breed.” PeopleLooksMayStillsLevelsClassEqualPicksUglyPartnersEntitled Book:The Jane Austen Book Club Source: The Jane Austen Book Club
“Every mother can easily imagine losing a child. Motherhood is always half loss anyway. The three-year-old is lost at five, the five-year-old at nine. We consort with ghosts, even as we sit and eat with, scold and kiss, their current corporeal forms. We speak to people who have vanished and, when they answer us, they do the same. Naturally, the information in these speeches is garbled in the translation.” PeopleYearsChildrenFormMotherThreeLostSpeakLossAnswersHalfFiveImagineInformationKissingSpeechLosingCurrentsMotherhoodNineGhostFive YearsThree YearsTranslationsFive Year OldsThree Year OldsLosing A Child Book:Black Glass: Short Fictions Source: Black Glass: Short Fictions
