Arvin had learned that you didn’t pry too much into other people’s affairs. Everyone had things they didn’t want to talk about, including himself.
Elinahas quoted4 years ago
Something broke in him that day. For the first time, he could see that his whole life added up to absolutely nothing.
Elinahas quoted4 years ago
Getting old was next to the worst goddamn thing that had ever happened to him.
Elinahas quoted4 years ago
He thought that sounded nice in a way, just going through your entire life with no more expectations than that. Sometimes he wished he weren’t so ambitious.
Elinahas quoted4 years ago
rich people did fine and dandy as long as things were going their way, but the minute the shit hit the fan, they fell apart like paper dolls left out in the rain.
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The priest was sick of all the death he’d seen, all the prayers he’d said over rows of dead soldiers and piles of body parts.
Elinahas quoted4 years ago
It wore on you after a while, other people’s accomplishments.
Elinahas quoted4 years ago
too much religion could be as bad as too little, maybe even worse
alehas quoted4 years ago
“Looks ain’t everything,” Emma said.
alehas quoted4 years ago
Two weeks, he figured, and then he’d drive up and talk to her.