بریده‌های کتاب Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

there’s nothing sadder than a man trying to stick up for a woman who can stick up for herself.

(fun fact: apparently low temperatures increase male fertility)

if your older brother tells you he’s going to fix things, you believe him.

Talking to the enemy was forbidden.

She is a Small Business Owner in the same way Andy is a Feminist, in that she declares it loudly, often, and she’s the only one who believes it.

backtalk would have been suicidal for a blood relative.

never let the reality outweigh the image of success

“What? Are we just all going to pretend like he isn’t here?” he said, pretending I wasn’t there.

I’d have had to learn to live with staying silent, but I’ve had to learn to live with speaking out too, and I’m not sure which is worse.

One day you’ll realize family isn’t about whose blood runs in your veins, it’s who you’d spill it for