Liane Moriarty

heard on the grapevine

She’d never believed in God, except when she heard children singing.

Everyone wanted to be rich and beautiful, but the truly rich and beautiful had to pretend they were just the same as everyone else.

Champagne is never a mistake

Your child was a little stranger, constantly changing, disappearing and reintroducing himself to you. New personality traits could appear overnight

Did she love him as much as she hated him? Did she hate him as much as she loved him?

How could they admit to a stranger what went on in their marriage? The shame of it. The ugliness of their behavior.

Now I’ll be in the presence of both great love and great beauty.

Now, for one day every month, she had to fake everything: her basic humanity

You always feel better tomorrow.”