Liane Moriarty
Liane Moriarty
Liane Moriartyis an Australian author. She is the sister of author Jaclyn Moriarty...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionAuthor
CountryAustralia
morning memories thinking
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.
baby children party
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.
light shining way
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.
aggravation insanity hovering
Marriage was a form of insanity; love hovering permanently on the edge of aggravation.
hurt children divorce
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.
sympathy condolences losing-a-loved-one
Those we love don't go away, they sit beside us every day.
children good-luck parent
If parents had children who were good sleepers, they assumed this was due to their good parenting, not good luck.
beautiful rich wanted
Everyone wanted to be rich and beautiful, but the truly rich and beautiful had to pretend they were just the same as everyone else.
character orange worst-enemy
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.
what-if world ends
What if I was! That’s my point. What if I was a bit overweight and not especially pretty? Why is that so terrible? So disgusting? Why is that the end of the world?
forever secret pandora
Some secrets are meant to stay secret forever.
doing-your-best bits right-now
Perhaps nothing was ever “meant to be.” There was just life, and right now, and doing your best. Being a bit “bendy.
fall kissing floating
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.
pet littles grudge
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.