Lauren Alexander, the author of CHOICES 86,400 a day and THE CHINABERRY TREE, graduated magna cum laude from the University of Illinois with High Distinction in the English Honors Program before earning a law degree at the University of Mississippi School of Law. Following law practice and a federal court clerkship, she returned to her literary roots. She lives in Oxford, Mississippi with her husband and memories of a legendary dog named Noether and a cat named Cat.
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“When my father would stop and ask for directions,'you can't miss it' were the only words he heard.”
“Why doesn't everyone speak the same language?”
“When something happens, no matter how ordinary,there comes a time when it will never happen again.”
“A broken heart is not a metaphor.And it sickens everyone in the room.”
“If you are having trouble with someone,you may be having more trouble with yourself.”
“We can reconstruct yesterday or construct today. We don't have time to do both.”
“A life unconsidered is a slow death.”
“If you're not happy with yourself, don't count on being happy with anyone else.”
“If you have to pencil in your passion, you're just wasting time.”