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141 " I think it was Mother Teresa who said that loneliness is the worst kind of poverty, "
― Kristin Hannah , Firefly Lane (Firefly Lane, #1)
142 " plastic "
143 " No one bruised as easily as a believer. "
144 " loneliness is the worst kind of poverty, "
145 " honeyed "
146 " But what if that was exactly what you wanted: everything? "
147 " probably never said I love you to another human being . . . How could Kate have said that? And then not called to apologize . . . or to say hello . . . or even to wish her a happy birthday? "
148 " There’s a price, that’s for sure. For my generation, at least, you couldn’t do this job and be married. You could get married—I did; three times—but you couldn’t stay married. And forget about kids. When a story broke, I needed to be there, period. It could have been my kid’s wedding day and I’d have left. So I’ve lived by myself.” She looked at Tully. “And I’ve loved it. Every damn second. If I end up dying in a nursing home alone, who gives a shit? I was where I wanted to be every second of my life, and I did something that mattered. "
149 " He sighed. “Sometimes life kicks the shit out of you; that’s all. It’s like the Stones said: You can’t always get what you want. "
150 " Husbands were to be avoided in the pre-thirty years. There was always time for marriage and children; was the common refrain. You couldn’t give up you for them. But what if you wanted them more than you wanted a singular, powerful you? No one ever talked about that. "
151 " Instead, she was afraid. Yes, they’d be rich. Maybe even powerful. But at what cost? "
152 " Why, of all the lessons she should have learned from her mother, had she held on to this most hurtful one? "
153 " They were lovers who didn’t love each other, and that made talking easier. "
154 " Fear changed everyone and everything, and yet, as always, life went on. "
155 " Love could be more fragile than a sparrow’s bone. "
156 " and black sky. She waited impatiently for her third martini, making small talk with the bartender. The minute the drink was ready, she set a course for the terrace, sailing past the "
157 " As a girl, she’d waited impatiently for this unexpected weather, prayed for it for months, and no wonder. Covered in snow, Firefly Lane looked like something out of a fairy tale. The kind of place where nothing could ever go wrong, where a girl should be able to simply tell her family that she’d changed her mind. "
158 " But things changed fast. She knew that now. A horse could get old overnight and go lame. A friend could become a stranger just as quickly. "
159 " She’d learned a few things in the last turbulent year about dealing with preteen girls. While they were virtual roller coasters of emotion, you needed to be calm, always. "