You can't collect everything," Pat says, putting the dress in with the giveaways. "Life is not a hobby. 
Is contentment death? Does one need to want in order to live? 
Was this the big one or was this the small tremor, the warning? Does it get better - does the sensation of being in a dream underwater go away? 
I made myself a Muenster-cheese sandwich, with lettuce, tomato, mustard, and mayo, and went up to my room. Ingredients are important. 
I am very interested in loyalty, even if the person to whom one is loyal is flawed, criminal, or otherwise in the wrong. 
The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable, 
There are strangers, people we don't know, who care about is. 
How can I tell anyone that there has always lived within me a rusty sense of disgust-a dull, brackish water that I suspect is my soul? 
I liked the fact she understood how we all have little secret habits that seem normal enough to us, but which we know better than to mention out loud. 
She savors each bite: the meringue is perfect crispy brown on top, melts in the mouth; the lemon tart, custardy; the crust breaks away. 
Books tell you more about their owners than the owners do. 
People should pay more attention. Everyone wants attention, but no one wants to give attention. 
I'm nothing you can catch now. I am black powder, I am singe, I am the bomb that bursts the night. 
Given the circumstances, I think the rabbi did a very good job. What did you think?""It's my policy not to review funerals.
You don't become a different personyou just learn to live with yourself
thats the hardest part.
Was there ever a time you thought - I am doing this on purpose, I am fucking up and I don't know why. 
Driving a Bentley to Target- only in LA does this make sense. 