“In the cab to the station, he told me that when he was growing up he'd see a look of pleasure cross his mother's face and ask what she was thinking: she'd say, I was just thinking of your father. "That's how I want us to be," Archie said. I smiled. "What?" I said, "I was just thinking of your father.” ThinkingWantLooksSaidFacesMotherAsksFatherPleasureGrowing UpGrowingCrossesStationsCab Book:The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing Source: The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
“He gives me a kiss that barely touches my lips – it means nothing or everything. After he’s gone, I think, Happy birthday to me. Jack says, ‘That was the guy?’ ‘That was him.’ Jake shakes his head. ‘What?’ ‘He’s not for you,’ he says. I say, ‘How do you know?’ but what I mean is, How do you know? ‘He’s like Ashley Wilkes,’ he says. ‘Any one of these guys is Rhett-ier than he is.’ Again, I ask my benignly inflected, ‘How do you know?’ ‘How do I know?’ he says, tackling me into a bear hug. ‘How do I know? I know, that’s how I know.” ThinkingKnowsGivingMeanGuyAsksKnow HowGoneBearsKissingGive MeLipsShakesDo You KnowHugTacklingJakeAshleyAshley WilkesBear Hugs Author:Melissa Bank
“Before college, I hadn't voluntarily read anything that might be called literature; I didn't think I'd understand it; I never seemed to understand my English teacher's interpretations of what we read.” ThinkingMightLiteratureTeacherCollegeInterpretationEnglish Teacher Author:Melissa Bank
