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1 " Among the many hypocrisies of the “religious” was the fact that they viewed god as omnipotent, but treated Him like a ventriloquist’s dummy by putting their words and crackpot beliefs, prejudices, and unfounded biases into His mouth whenever it suited their purposes. "
― Stephen McCauley , My Ex-Life
2 " All couples start off as Romeo and Juliet and end up as Laurel and Hardy. "
3 " When everything looks perfectly right about a person, there’s usually something significantly wrong. They were probably in their early thirties, that awkward age when people still believe they matter and that life is going to go their way. "
4 " Everything had been a battle of wills, an opportunity for him to lecture her, another reason for him to correct her faulty logic or lack of information. "
5 " Julie had always believed that even if it's the big, unexpected events (good and bad) that make life memorable and occasionally exciting, it's the small, predictable routines that hold life together and make it worth living. "
6 " The only thing relationships needed in common was love—of some kind—and true love was rarely the result of a shared fondness for quilting. "
7 " Can we get something out the way "
8 " If you think that would stop her, you don’t much about Renata. "
9 " Any you’d recommend? I wouldn’t mind a lobster roll.” “I’m vegan.” This word had become ubiquitous and absurdly trendy. She supposed there were a few young women with anorexia who kept to this diet, but otherwise it had to be lip service. “I have a theory, Clarke. Want to hear it? There are no male vegans. There are men who say they are to appear more sensitive to their girlfriends or anyone else they’re hoping to lure into bed with them. Once they’re on their own, they’re in a drive-through line at Burger King.” “McDonald’s,” he said. "
10 " He'd actually had parents contact him to ask if there was anything their kids in grammar school should be doing to get ready for applying to college. "Looking for sane parents" was what he wanted to tell them. "
11 " Money is easier to dispense than affection, even for the most miserly. "
12 " The muffins were for Carol, the woman Henry had left her for. Naturally, Carol was younger. Julie knew only one man who'd betrayed his marriage for a woman older than his wife, and it was overstating it to say she knew Prince Charles. "
