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Liane Moriarty (born 15 November 1966) is an Australian author. She is the older sister of author Jaclyn Moriarty. and is the niece of Audrey and John Thomas, and cousin of their children, Lisa, Maryanne, Luke, Mark, Catherine, Andrew and Julia

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Then he kissed her so deeply and so completely that she felt like she was falling, floating, spiraling down, down, down, like Alice in Wonderland.

Deeply, Falling, Falling In Love, Felt, Floating, Kissing

They say it's good to let your grudges go, but I don't know, I'm quite fond of my grudge. I tend it like a little pet.

Grudges, Life, Littles, Pet, Quite, Tend

You’ve been here before. It won’t kill you. It feels like you can’t breathe, but you actually are breathing. It feels like you’ll never stop crying, but you actually will.

Breathing, Cry, Feels, Like, Like You, Wont

All these years there had been a Tupperware container of bad language in her head, and now she opened it and all those crisp, crunchy words were fresh and lovely, ready to be used.

Lovely, Opened, Tupperware, Years

Those we love don't go away, they sit beside us every day.

Sympathy, Condolences, Losing A Loved One, Away, Day, Sit

They could fall in love with fresh, new people, or they could have the courage and humility to tear off some essential layer of themselves and reveal to each other a whole new level of otherness, a level far beyond what sort of music they liked. It seemed to her everyone had too much self-protective pride to truly strip down to their souls in front of their long-term partners. It was easier to pretend there was nothing more to know, to fall into an easygoing companionship. It was almost embarrassing to

Companionship, Falling In Love, Humility, Level, Pride

None of us ever know all the possible courses our lives could have and maybe should have taken. It's probably just as well. Some secrets are meant to stay secret forever. Just ask Pandora.

Ask, Forever, Probably, Should Have, Stay, Taken

They would think she was savoring the taste (blueberries, cinnamon, cream-excellent), but she was actually savoring the whole morning, trying to catch it, pin it down, keep it safe before all those precious moments became yet another memory.

Became, Keep, Memories, Morning, Taste, Thinking

He got Alice, the way we did, or maybe even more so than us. He made her more confident, funnier, smarter. He brought out all the things that were there already and let her be fully herself, so she seemed to shine with this inner light.

Light, Maybe, Shining, Smarter, Way

We'd traveled, we'd been to lots of parties, lots of movies and concerts, we'd slept in. We'd done all those things that people with children seem to miss so passionately. We didn't want those things anymore. We wanted a baby.

Anymore, Baby, Children, Party, Passionately

Early love is exciting and exhilarating. It's light and bubbly. Anyone can love like that. But after three children, after a separation and a near-divorce, after you've hurt each other and forgiven each other, bored each other and surprised each other, after you've seen the worst and the best-- well, that sort of love is ineffable. It deserves its own word.

Children, Divorce, Exhilarating, Hurt, Light

But maybe every life looked wonderful if all you saw was the photo albums.

Albums, Life, Maybe, Saws

Perhaps nothing was ever “meant to be. ” There was just life, and right now, and doing your best. Being a bit “bendy.

Bits, Doing Your Best, Meant, Nothing, Perhaps, Right Now

So now I just assume that it won't work, and that if it does work, I'll lose it anyway. This is meant to protect me, although it doesn't, because somehow the hope sneakily finds its way in. I'm never aware of the hope until it's gone, whooshed away like a rug pulled from under my feet, each time I hear another "I'm sorry.

Aware, Doe, Feet, Meant, Sorry, Way

Nobody ever told you that being a mother is all about making what seemed like thousands of tiny decisions.

Being A Mother, Decision, Like, Mother, Thousands

If parents had children who were good sleepers, they assumed this was due to their good parenting, not good luck.

Children, Good Luck, Parent, Parenting, Parents, Luck

A red traffic light loomed, and Cecilia slammed her foot on the brake. The fact that Polly no longer wanted a pirate party was breathtakingly insignificant in comparison to that poor man (thirty!) crashing to the ground for the freedom that Cecilia took for granted, but right now, she couldn’t pause to honor his memory, because a last-minute change of party theme was unacceptable. That’s what happened when you had freedom. You lost your mind over a pirate party.

Lost, Memories, Men, Party, Polly, Poor

Google is my best friend and my worst enemy. It's fabulous for research, but then it becomes addictive. I'll have a character eating an orange, and next thing I'm Googling types of oranges, I'm visiting chat rooms about oranges, I'm learning the history of the orange.

Character, Worst Enemy, Orange, Addictive, Visiting, Eating

The medication, the hormones and the relentless frustrations of our lives make us bitchy and you're not allowed to be bitchy in public or people won't like you.

Allowed, Frustration, Like, Like You, Make, People

Just because a marriage ended didn't mean that it hadn't been happy at times.

Ended, Happy, Marriage, Mean, Times

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