“ Most locals knew who Della Lee was. She waitressed at a greasy spoon called Eat and Run, which was tucked far enough outside the town limits that the ski-crowd tourists didn’t see it. She haunted bars… Sarah Addison Allen
“ Josey?” She heard her mother’s voice in the hall, then the thud of her cane as she came closer. “Please don’t tell her I’m here,” the woman in the closet said, with a strange sort of desperation. Desp… Sarah Addison Allen
“ He fell in love with a skinny stray cat that would skulk around the dining hall during meals. Every day, Jake would offer it sausage or egg from breakfast and pepperoni or hamburger from lunch. Every… Sarah Addison Allen
“ Her hair was longer than it used to be, and it veiled her shoulders like a shawl. She used it for protection. If there was one thing Sydney knew, it was hair. She loved beauty school and loved working… Sarah Addison Allen
“ Josey shook her head, thinking, if Della Lee were a candy, she would be a SweeTart. Not the hard kind that broke your teeth, the chewy kind, the kind you had to work on and mull over, your eyes wateri… Sarah Addison Allen
“ Motherhood is hard enough without judgement from others who don't know the whole story. Sarah Addison Allen
“ Just as she was about to turn, she caught a whiff of something sweet. She inhaled deeply, instinctively wanting to savor it, but then she nearly choked when it landed on her tongue with a bitter taste… Sarah Addison Allen
“ Those silly girls had no idea what they were really celebrating. They had no idea what it took to bring Agatha and her friends together seventy-five years ago. The Women's Society Club had been about… Sarah Addison Allen
“ She knew him in that way you can only know a person as a child. Like if you cracked away the adult shell, you'd find that child, happily sitting inside, smiling at you. Sarah Addison Allen
“ But Claire had long ago realized, even after those constant dreams of her mother leaving faded away, that when you are abandoned as a child, you are never able to forget that people are capable of lea… Sarah Addison Allen
“ Adolescence is like having only enough light to see the step directly in front of you. Sarah Addison Allen
“ You can't change where you came from, but you can change where you go from here. Just like a book. If you don't like the ending, you make up a new one. Sarah Addison Allen
“ People like us will never really understand, Evanelle said. We fell in love with the men we were supposed to be with right off the bat. But women with broken hearts, they change. Sarah Addison Allen
“ Mary had become anxious in her old age, and she hated being away from the house for long. She'd hold the girls' hands tightly and calm herself by telling them what she would make for first frost that… Sarah Addison Allen
“ Bay remembered the Waverley house full of pumpkin pie scents in the fall. There had been mountains of maple cakes with violets hidden inside, lakes of butternut soups with chrysanthemum petals floatin… Sarah Addison Allen
“ There's not a lot I can fix for her anymore. Band-Aid and bedtime story days are almost over. This, I can fix with a simple Welcome. Sarah Addison Allen
“ I know he's a good baby... but the challenge is to raise him into a good boy, then a good man. Sarah Addison Allen
“ Sometimes it's difficult to tell what side of the moral compass we are all on. There are so many things to factor in. Sarah Addison Allen
