“ To Fred, those years seemed to pass like quickly skimming a book and then finding the ending wasn't what he expected. He wished he'd paid more attention to the story. Sarah Addison Allen
“ Who I am, what I am, is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, a lifetime of stories. And there are still so many more books to read. I'm a work in progress. Sarah Addison Allen
“ But she couldn't start this, because then it would end. Stories like this always ended. She couldn't take this pleasure, because she would spend the rest of her life missing it, hurting from it. Sarah Addison Allen
“ If a man has so much heat he burns your skin when he touches you, he's the devil. Run away Sarah Addison Allen
“ My favorite books are the ones that make me smile for hours after reading them. I want that for my readers, for the sweetness to linger. Sort of like chocolate, but without the calories. Sarah Addison Allen
“ It was hard not to feel sorry for a life that had no purpose of its own... His only purpose, it seemed, was to come into her mother's life in order to send her home. For that, Bay decided, she would b… Sarah Addison Allen
“ It had always fascinated him that she'd consumed so many words, that her head was full of stories, told a thousand different ways. Sarah Addison Allen
“ Fate never promises to tell you everything up front. You aren't always shown the path in life you're supposed to take. But if there was one thing she'd learned in the past few weeks, it was that somet… Sarah Addison Allen
“ He claimed the waters must have, indeed, been healing, because look how hard his journey was on him to get there, and how easy it was on him to get home. Sarah Addison Allen
“ We decided to become a society of women, a club to make sure women were protected. The club was something important back then. Not like it is today. Sarah Addison Allen
“ Stability was overrated. Crises and adventures, on the other hand, could actually teach you something. Sarah Addison Allen
“ You'd be surprised how easy some things can be, things you never thought you'd do, when you take self-respect out of the equation. Sarah Addison Allen
“ Warm, enticing scents were floating down, basil and oregano and tomato. It made Wes long for something, something he couldn't place. A happy childhood, a home. Sarah Addison Allen
“ Eby wanted to say so much to her. She wanted to say that waking up is the most important part of grieving, that so many women in their family failed to do it, and she was proud of Kate for fighting he… Sarah Addison Allen
“ When you have to do something, you have to do it. Putting it off only makes it worse. Believe me, I know. Sarah Addison Allen
“ It was the best first kiss in the history of first kisses. It was as sweet as sugar. And it was warm, as warm as pie. The whole world opened up and I fell inside. I don't know where I was, but I didn'… Sarah Addison Allen
“ Whenever I would get too nosy as a child, my grandmother would say, "When you learn someone else's secret, your own secrets aren't safe. Dig up one, release them all. Sarah Addison Allen
“ When Paxton was a teenager, her friends had even envied her relationship with her mother. Everyone knew that neither Paxton nor Sophia scheduled anything on Sunday afternoons, because that was popcorn… Sarah Addison Allen
“ At the end of the evening, Paxton and Willa walked Agatha out to the nurse's car, after Agatha had given them a blind tour of the Madam, pointing out by feel and memory everything she remembered about… Sarah Addison Allen
