“For a moment, I felt like myself again. Not the new me, not the old me, just the real me.”
— Leslea Tash
“If he would see me again, I would die happy. In the meantime, I was merely dying.”
— Leslea Tash
“Maybe he would see me as weak and stupid. Maybe he was right.”
— Leslea Tash
“You’re too young to be so old.”
— Leslea Tash
“Happier than a bird with a french fry.”
— Leslea Tash
“It felt terrific. It felt deeper and richer than laughter. It felt like opening a door and tumbling headfirst into a pile of feathers.”
— Leslea Tash
“Oh, Troy? He’s no one. He wanted something more from me than I could give.”“Friends with benefits?” Laurie asked, blushing as he said it.“More like frenemies with benefits.”
— Leslea Tash
“Never heard you talk about a man this way. Usually you rattle off their attributes like you’re fixing to fricassee the poor sons of bitches. God help the poor bastard you ever fall in love with.”
— Leslea Tash
“You’re not a nuthatch, Laurie.””Oh, but I am. I’m totally upside down. I’m a very backward kind of guy.”
— Leslea Tash
“I want you to say it, so I know you’ll never forget. I want to hear you say my name.”
— Leslea Tash
“What better time to be kind to a beautiful stranger than when she’s weak, and rocking a schnoz like the Godfather?”
— Leslea Tash
“For the first time in ages I felt a tiny pinprick in my heart–not like it was breaking, but like something small and unseen had begun sewing it closed again.”
— Leslea Tash