A lariat of stress tightened around Cory's ribs.
great word
She knew the shady pragmatics of small business ownership had shaped his cynical realpolitik
Cory's dad
[...] Her efforts to research the housing market crisis ended in page-crumpling fury--credit default swaps? Mortgage-backed securities? Collateralized debt obligations? How could people be moral when morality obliged you to know everything? It was her fault for not studying econ in college, but s…
[...] She took out the hummus and the soy milk and put the hummus back in and borrowed a nectarine from Jonnie's shelf, and then took the hummus out again, jogging it in her hands to ponder its mass, its lipids and carbs, though she already knew all the numbers to the tenth decimal.
[...] "[...] I spent hours driving down Highway 1, not to relax, just to depreciate the car before my wife took half."
