Pekkanen Quotes

#1. The river in front of her was black. She thought it contained many things.

Gisele Prassinos

#2. Why do I have a sudden urge to say I have a bad feeling about this?

Evan Currie

#3. The words just sprang into my mind. Maybe I'd never stopped loving Michael, but now it felt different. I loved him despite the injuries we'd inflicted on one another, because of the bad times as well as the good ones ... Our love was richer and bumpier and more complex than it had ever been before.

Sarah Pekkanen

#4. Go to bed early and wake up early. The morning hours are good.

Jeff Bezos

#5. How did you know which life was the right one for you when there were so many to choose from?

Sarah Pekkanen

#6. She loved the way her city always sounded like it was celebrating.

Sarah Pekkanen

#7. This was in the white of the year,
That was in the green,
Drifts were as difficult then to think
As daisies now to be seen.
Looking back is best that is left,
Or if it be before,
Retrospection is prospect's half,
Sometimes almost more.

Emily Dickinson

#8. She felt a lump form in her throat, and she swallowed hard. She wouldn't have this-the swollen ankles and pink cheeks and the feel of that glorious, curving belly under the palm of her hand-but she could still be a mother. That was the important thing.

Sarah Pekkanen

#9. This is a horrid generalization, so I'll probably get hate mail from stockbrokers. I would have been forced to get back to work, and would have been less accustomed to being in touch with my feelings and allowing my feelings to drive my decisions and behavior.

William Mapother

#10. You know the definition of a dysfunctional family, don't you? It's any family with more than one member in it.

Sarah Pekkanen

#11. Sometimes following the path that looked the safest was what led to the most hurt ...

Sarah Pekkanen

#12. Project Runway, chocolate and margaritas and suddenly all is right with the world

Sarah Pekkanen

#13. The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exploit, since love is the only circumstance in which the female is (ideologically) pardoned for sexual activity.

Kate Millett

#14. The core truth of our marriage, the most important thing for me to remember, was that Michael and I loved each other. Our love had gotten pushed aside and bruised and buried, but it has always existed.

Sarah Pekkanen