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81 " Each memory, good and bad, was another invisible thread that bound them together...It was as simple and complicated as that. Love after children, after you've hurt each other and forgiven each other, bored each other and surprised each other, after you've seen the worst and the best...-well, that sort of love is ineffable. It deserves its own word. "
― Liane Moriarty , What Alice Forgot
82 " The house was literally perfect now. Instead of being thrilling, that suddenly seemed depressing. "
83 " This was more like a funeral, although even funerals weren't this silent as people murmured their condolences. She was paying to be here and it was worse than a funeral. "
― Liane Moriarty , Nine Perfect Strangers
84 " One must placate large strange men in the middle of nowhere. "
85 " both responded like thirsty plants to water when it came to parental approval. "
― Liane Moriarty , Truly Madly Guilty
86 " Ed was meant to be on kid duty while she hosted the book club. He'd read the book, but he didn't want to join the club. He said the idea of book clubs brought back horrible memories of pretentious classmates in English Lit. 'If anyone uses the phrases "marvelous imagery" or "narrative arc", slap them for me,' he'd said. "
― Liane Moriarty , Big Little Lies
87 " Early love is exciting and exhilarating. It's light and bubbly. Anyone can love like that. But after three children, after a separation and a near-divorce, after you've hurt each other and forgiven each other, bored each other and surprised each other, after you've seen the worst and the best-- well, that sort of love is ineffable. It deserves its own word. "
88 " Falling in love was easy.anyone could fall. It was holding on that was tricky "
― Liane Moriarty , The Husband's Secret
89 " None of us ever know all the possible courses our lives could have and maybe should have taken. It's probably just as well. Some secrets are meant to stay secret forever. Just ask Pandora. "
90 " I mean a fat, ugly man can still be funny and lovable and successful,” continued Jane. “But it’s like it’s the most shameful thing for a woman to be.” “But you weren’t, you’re not—” began Madeline. “Yes, OK, but so what if I was!” interrupted Jane. “What if I was! That’s my point. What if I was a bit overweight and not especially pretty? Why is that so terrible? So disgusting? Why is that the end of the world? "
91 " Oh, calamity! "
92 " But maybe every life looked wonderful if all you saw was the photo albums. "
93 " Every day I think, ‘Gosh, you look a bit tired today,’ and it’s just recently occurred to me that it’s not that I’m tired, it’s that this is the way I look now. "
94 " It’s because a woman’s entire self-worth rests on her looks,” said Jane. “That’s why. It’s because we live in a beauty-obsessed society where the most important thing a woman can do is make herself attractive to men. "
95 " Reading a novel was like returning to a once-beloved holiday destination. "
96 " Those we love don’t go away, they sit beside us every day. "
97 " You’ve been here before. It won’t kill you. It feels like you can’t breathe, but you actually are breathing. It feels like you’ll never stop crying, but you actually will. "
98 " Champagne is never a mistake. "
99 " Everyone wanted to be rich and beautiful, but the truly rich and beautiful had to pretend they were just the same as everyone else. "
100 " Marriage was a form of insanity; love hovering permanently on the edge of aggravation. "