Lorrie Moore Quote

Pleasantness was the machismo of the Midwest. There was something athletic about it. You flexed your face into a smile and let it hover there like the dare of a cat.


The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore (ed. 2010)


Pleasantness was the machismo of the Midwest. There was something athletic about it. You flexed your face into a smile and let it hover there like...

Pleasantness was the machismo of the Midwest. There was something athletic about it. You flexed your face into a smile and let it hover there like...

Pleasantness was the machismo of the Midwest. There was something athletic about it. You flexed your face into a smile and let it hover there like...

Pleasantness was the machismo of the Midwest. There was something athletic about it. You flexed your face into a smile and let it hover there like...