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Books + friendship = book club
I am such a Pacific Northwest girl.
Goddamn, sometimes it hurt to be free.
And no one drank just one shot of tequila.
Sometimes holding on was all you could do.
The measure of a society is its compassion.
Popularity means people think they know you.
Do you love him?" How would I know?" You'd know.
She waited for you in a thousand different ways.
I can be a little OCD when it comes to my writing.
Sometimes being a good friend means saying nothing.
Caro: "Bite me." Ruby: "I gave that up in kindergarten.
This is the problem with forever friends. They know too much.
The at-home mother's life: it was a race with no finish line.
He is a man, and he is afraid. This is not a good combination.
Sitting around and waiting for your muse is not the best choice.
To those who are here, those who are gone, and those who are lost.
It's not a date. I bought my own drink and I didn't shave my legs.
We can't live other people's lives for them. Even if we love them.
Nothing was easier to shatter than the fragile shield of an idealist.
The hallmark of my books is the relationships that define women's lives.
That was what a best friend did: hold up a mirror and show you your heart.
Promises were a lot like impressions. The second one didn't count for much.
I know about forgiving people and loving them anyway, even after they hurt you.
What good did it do to light the world on fire if she had to watch the glow alone?
One thing I can tell you for sure is this: we only regret what we don't do in life.
Some stories don't have happy endings. Even love stories. Maybe especially love stories.
I guess no one stays friends for more than thirty years without broken hearts along the way.
Then he left her there, standing alone, surrounded by word ghosts; things she could have said.
It's not intentions that matter. It's actions. We are what we do and say, not what we intend to.
Liam learned that it was possible to appear to move forward when you were really standing still.
Real friends. The kind that don't purposely hurt your feelings or stop liking you for no reason.
She is like a child picking at a scab, unable to stop herself even though she knows it will hurt.
When you get . . . to the end, you see that love and family are all there is. Nothing else matters.
What I know now about life is this: your mother is a part of everything you do and everything you are.
Sometimes you simply made the wrong choice and you had to live with it. You could only change the future.
I always thought it was what I wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I'd like to be known.
Lately he'd been seen going out less and less, becoming that strangest of animals in a small town: a loner.
Of course you can fall in love. You just have to let yourself. They don't call it falling for nothing. -Kate
Their friendship was more important than any relationship. Guys would come and go; girlfriends were forever.
You couldn't give up you for them. But what if you wanted them more than you wanted a singular powerful you?
Memories are who we are. In the end, that's all the luggage you take with you. Love and Memories are what last.
I'm an insomniac lately. It's one of the many prizes you find in the Cracker Jack box of a crumbling [relationship].
Stacey: "I'm surprised you haven't thrown me out." Comfort: "At your current weight, I'd need some sort of catapult.
A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.
Nina knew the power of black and white images. Sometimes a thing was its truest self when the colors were stripped away.
It occurred to her suddenly, sharply, that she wanted to be in love... She wanted not to feel so damned alone in the world.
It isn’t about being at the same school or the same town or even the same room. It’s about being together. Love is a choice you make.
When you're a mom, you learn about fear. You're always afraid. Always. About everything from cupboard doors to kidnappers to weather.
Marriages go through hard times. Sometimes you have to get in there and fight for your love. That's the only way for it to get better.