SK Book List

“Sometimes what one misses is the idea of the person rather than the one who is lost.”

“I’ve always wanted to be the daughter of a wealthy communist.”

“I did crave attention, but I refused to humiliate myself by asking it.”

“How easy it was for a life to go one way instead of another.”

“Are you lying, exaggerating, or just thinking big?”

“Privileged and downwardly mobile.”

“It’s not bad to know a little something about the things you don’t care about.”

“He’d still failed her--even if the reason was worthy.”

“What I want is freedom, not better conditions of subjugation.”

“I’m not often bored...Life’s not long enough for that.”

“Ain’t it wonderful, Jim, how much people can mean to each other?”

“People don’t just happen. We sacrifice former versions of ourselves. We sacrifice the people who dared to raise us.”

“I can’t protect you from spending a lifetime caught between the beautiful dream of a diverse nation and the complicated reality of one.”

“How easily her problems would be solved if a man were to appear, sweep her off her feet, marry her out of hand and never allow her to worry again for the rest of her life.”

“Later still, she realized that if she had made an effort, she herself could have made things happen.”

“Rich people are fascinated by happiness...It’s something they find maddening.”

“Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.