Kelly Quindlen

“I want to feel something. I want it to be like … like the moment you hear a brilliant line of poetry. Like it knocks the breath out of you.”

that they had the whirlwind but not the calm blue sky.

“What if loneliness runs in my genes?” JaKory asked in a low voice. “What if I’ll never experience love because I’m just not compatible with anyone else, like my parents?”