4 Quotes by Maia Chance

I dressed in another high school special from my closet: a long, shapeless floral dress with about twenty buttons down the front. Maybe that doesn’t sound too bad, but let me assure you, it looked like the polar opposite of terrific once I’d tied my orange sneakers on. I looked like the least favorite wife of a cult leader.

But Alfie had been a horror of a husband. I’d survived my marriage with an unholy combination of highballs, detective novels, and chocolate layer cake.

This is the problem with going back home and hanging out with your family. Everything seizes up in a time warp where we’re all the most unflattering versions of ourselves.

I don’t mind being stared at, but not in that pitchforks-and-torches way.