2 Quotes by Helene Stapinski

I needed a wife, goddamnit, someone to take care of me while I took care of business. But I was the wife. And mother. So.

Vita had the same crooked smile I had, and that many of the women in my family had, what we called our Mona Lisa smile, a hesitant smirk that didn’t give much away. You didn’t get the full-on smile until we knew you better, and then we would bend over backward for you, cook you elaborate meals, and do anything you asked. Well, almost anything. Vita.