“But just now, he'd gotten on his knees and proposed marriage, like in a television commercial for a diamond ring. Except of course they had the roll of duct tape instead, which, when you came to think about it, was a far more practical item. Such a bad mistake it would be, to embark on marriage and adult life without a nice supply of duct tape.” ThinkingWould BeCoursesMistakeNiceTelevisionAdultsRingsPracticalsKneesDiamondTapeItemsDuct TapeTelevision CommercialsDiamond RingsBad Mistake Author:Nancy Werlin
“It's just that, right now, I want to hear you promise me that if we do run out of time and I go mad, like Miranda, it ends with me. The curse ends here, because our baby will be safe. You will make that happen. Isn't that so?" It took him a minute. "Yes," he said finnally. "It's so. Although, if we're just going to talk about the baby, I can think of an easier way to save her." Oh? What?" I'd just lock her up from her sixteenth birthday on." Lucy didn't laugh. "Don't think I haven't thought of that too, love. but here's the thing. That parents try that in all the fairy tales. It never works.” IfsThinkingWayWantTryingSaidI CanEndsHappensRunningParentLaughingMinutesHavensBabyEasierPromiseRight NowSafeMadTalesCurseFairyFairy TaleLocksLucyPromise MeMirandaSixteenth Birthday Author:Nancy Werlin
“It is absolutely okay with me if you need to keep some secrets. I've been thinking about this and I decided that a best friend is someone who, when they don't understand, they still understand.” IfsThinkingNeedsStillsSecretDecidedOkay Author:Nancy Werlin
“I think you have a right to whine. Honestly, Lucy. We all have the right to whine when life gets tough.” ThinkingToughHonestlyLucy Author:Nancy Werlin
