Quotes from Alice Adams

When you say fiscal responsibility, it seems to me that you really mean rich people keeping their money.

A wise friend told me that we all could use more than one set of parents—our relations with the original set are too intense, and need dissipating.

What does it mean to love an animal, in my case a cat, in the fierce, entire, and unambivalent way that some of us do?

I have noticed that after a time of deep sorrow the greatest comfort may come from a person you do not know well.