and with that

Quotes for a Friday evening:

And with that a sob broke from her, and she turned her back to him again, her shoulders shaking in the exquisite evening dress by Trigère.

– Danielle Steele

I’ve had an unhappy life, thank God.

– Russell Baker

…She lives
below luck-level, never imagining some lottery
will change her load of pottery to wings.
Her only levity is patience,
the sport of truly chastened things.

– Kay Ryan, from Turtle

The Writer’s Almanac