Little things. The thought of losing them makes them unbearably dear ... I only think of the sweetness. Simple things. The quarter moon, the taste of an orange. The smell of the pages of a new book.
Patricia GaffneyI was small enough to mind that Rudy had a good friend other than me.
Patricia Gaffneylaughter is cathartic and cleansing, that it's good for the body and the soul, and when it's real it's better than sex.
Patricia GaffneyImagine me maintaining anybody's equilibrium.
Patricia GaffneyI was thinking in a Scottish brogue, because I'd just heard this guy interviewed on NPR, Lonnie McSomething.
Patricia GaffneyI hate jealousy. At least it's its own punishment; it makes me feel like hell.
Patricia GaffneyI love the slow, warming sensation of my body going numb when I drink.
Patricia GaffneyI just tried to put myself in her place and figure out what would be the scariest thing. If I thought I might be dying. And it was being alone' ... 'To me,' she said, 'the scariest thing is oblivion. Being, and then not being.
Patricia GaffneyYou were the best thing in my life … I did love you. I do. As much as I’ve ever loved anyone, as much as I can. It feels like a lot – it takes up my whole heart.
Patricia GaffneyWhat the hell is this stuff?" he muttered, frowning at the oily spot on the linen cloth. "Pearlman slathered it on me this morning."
"It's macassar oil. Gentlemen use it to keep their hair neat. Nicholas used it," she added pointedly.
"Well, tomorrow he's giving it up. I smell like a rotten apple."
"You do not. And I think it looks rather nice."
He sent her an incredulous look. "I look like an otter. And everything I put my head against gets greasy."
"That's why someone invented the antimacassar," she told him, almost smiling.
"The-aha!" He laughed as he made the connection. "Of course. First they invent something stupid, then something ugly to make up for it. We live in a wondrous age, Annie.
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