shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances that life puts on us Autore: Ann Patchett Copy Quote More from Ann Patchett “It was nothing like Roxanne singing, where it seemed that everyone's heart woul…” “Shy Carmen, always hanging back from the others, who knew she could smile? But …” “In this life we love who we love. There were some stories in which facts were v…” “But these last months had turned him around and now Gen saw there could be as m…”