“ The only thing equal to the enormity of his want was his regret. ”
The moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you.
~ Molly Ringwald
She would sit with picture books in her little lap before she even knew how to read, studying the writing as though all the mystery and wonder of the world were contained in the strange, indecipherable symbols.
Betty had forgotten how you only get slivers of stories from children - usually what they echo from overheard adult conversations.
whatever beauty she thought she might have possessed she realized had only been through her husband's assessment of her
