"'Love each other or perish,' Morrie said. 'It's good, no? And it's so true. Without love, we are birds with broken wings.'"
I had heard and read nothing but positive feedback about this book, so I ended up expecting as much as I had heard. What's strange is that even though I know this movie is based on actual events, I found the story to be really ( Read more... )

”I mean, in a world without God, aren’t mothers the new god? The last sacred unassailable position. Isn’t motherhood the last perfect magical miracle? But a miracle that’s impossible for men ( Read more... )

"On the modeling stand, flame-haired Callie moved through her gesture poses. She caught Josie's eye over the art students' self-barbered coiffures, not moving her head, but her eyes speaking sympathy. Josie didn't want anybody's pity. Why wouldn't they just let her get on with it, become an inert shape in space? She liked Callie, though, the way ( Read more... )

"She walked from room to room, still drunk but charged with purpose, framing windows, light fixtures, the swirling grain of the floor. It seemed vitally important that she record every detail. At one point, in the living room, a spent and blistered bulb slipped from her hand and shattered; when she stepped back, glass pierced her heel. She studied ( Read more... )