Quotes by Maya Lang

June is gazing at Michael with a glow about her face, a well of feeling for her husband. Leo and Stephen are also looking at their father, Leos expression sympathetic, nearly teary. The three of them as they look at Michael are like magnets, the ties drawing each one to him nearly visible. This is what family means, Nora thinks.

We all spin stories. Thats what we do. We want people to see certain things about us and not others. What matters is whether you let others in to the truest story, the one thats the hardest to tell.