"sick with longing”"

"sister and I were almost stupid girls once”"

"It's a laugh I know, one most women I know have. Mother has it, too. Laughter you use when nothing is funny, but you …"

"We did not yet have the kind of familiarity with misfortune that cultivated a sense of foreboding"

"Just give me five years, I'll ruin his entire life"

"I think families who spend a lot of time arguing about the small stuff do it because they do not have the courage to …"

"All women are owned by someone, some are owned by many; a beautiful girl's only advantage is that she may get to choo…"

"I was sick with longing. I was sick with the curse of sensation, with all the world's sadness seeking and finding a r…"

"Here, take this microphone. Announce to all the world that we are two girls who don’t know the way home”"

"“I think everything is a story unless you live in it. I like the idea of a god who knows what it’s like to be a twin.…"