Rarely has the experience of being a sister been so poignantly and memorably captured as in Lori Lansens's triumphant novel. The Girls celebrates life's fundamental joys and trials as it presents Rose and Ruby, sisters destined to live inseparably but blessed with distinct sensibilities that... read more
Rose and Ruby Darlen are conjoined twins who are connected at the head and always will be. They were born to a mother who was young and didn't want them so the nurse that delivered them, who had never had chilfren and had always wanted them, adopted them with her husband. They raised the girls... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
“Ruby is my sister. And strangely, undeniably, my child.”Rose Darlen
“It was Aunt Lovey's belief that all ordinary people led extraordinary lives, but just didn't notice.”Rose Darlen
“Don't worry if it's not well written. It's the conjoined-twin thing that's gonna sell it or not.”Whiffer
“Uncle Stash said you didn‟t have to be crazy to do something stupid, just young.”Rose Darlen
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”Highlighted by 29 Kindle customers
“People don’t finish, Rose. People stop. To finish is to say okay, now it’s right, never I’m going to change it. To stop is to say okay, it’s not perfect, but I have to go to something else.”Highlighted by 29 Kindle customers
It was Aunt Lovey’s belief that all ordinary people led extraordinary lives, but just didn’t notice.Highlighted by 27 Kindle customers
Maybe there are no losses you really get over. No matter how things play out in the end.Highlighted by 21 Kindle customers
“Write,” she said, “as if you’ll never be read. That way you’ll be sure to tell the truth.”Highlighted by 17 Kindle customers
Ruby and I endure because of our connectedness. Maybe we all do. How can that be a curse?)Highlighted by 16 Kindle customers
I’m filled with confidence when I begin, but by the end of a writing night I’m left to wonder if other writers feel the way I do—that with each letter, word, phrase, sentence, paragraph, I’m digging a toehold, gripping a rock, a fool on a mountainside, alone and ill-equipped, a disastrous fall more likely than a gloried ascent. Why did I start climbing? Where am I now? Who gives a shit if I reach the summit?Highlighted by 15 Kindle customers
There is some alienation, of course, in being so different, but it’s also been fascinating, and a unique opportunity, I think, to have observed our generation without fully participating in it.)Highlighted by 12 Kindle customers
Her policy was, If you’re old enough to ask the question you’re old enough to be told the truth.Highlighted by 11 Kindle customers
If Uncle Stash had remained in Aunt Lovey’s embrace after the crash, I think he could have willed himself to death instantly. Instead, it took a week. Some people will understand that Ruby and I were relieved to find him gone one morning. How cruel it must be for a man to live past his soul.Highlighted by 9 Kindle customers
Ruby & Me
Nature's Mother
Country Mice
Writing & Deadlines
Holy Ghosts
Birds & Feathers
Coots
The Secret Life of Crows
Heaven's Door
Mysterious Ways
You
La Tranche
Concentric Circles
Summer
The Story of the Wedding Dress
Remains
Peevo
Deadlines & Writing
Premonitions & Portents
Writing
Prosim
Home Again, Homes Again
Writers and Baseball
Human Conditions
Love Poems
Dead Men's Ember
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