“ Sugar had grown up in Charleston, South Carolina: possibly the most luscious of the world's garden cities. Behind every wrought-iron gate or exposed-brick wall in the picturesque peninsula blooming be… Sarah-Kate Lynch
“ Perched up on salvaged bricks, the half-pipes made perfect planters with an industrial edge that oddly complemented Sugar's pretty favorites: pansies, lantana, verbena and heliotrope.She laid two of t… Sarah-Kate Lynch
“ [D]espite her alternative leanings, it turned out Crystal was not particularly psyco-babbly or airy-fairy or tree-huggy, as one might have expected.In fact, the first thing she did was write a list. S… Sarah-Kate Lynch
“ She was a great wife...and a wonderful mother, a good daughter, a devoted sister and a truly nice person, which doesn't sound like much but it was one of her ambitions, to be a nice person, and she re… Sarah-Kate Lynch
“ Theo and Sugar dated, just like normal people only slower.He bought her heart-shaped boxes of candy and living plants for her rooftop and sent her cards, one every day by U.S. mail, each with a handwr… Sarah-Kate Lynch
“ If there’s one thing I have learned it’s that if you carry on as though nothing strange is happening, it usually stops being strange Sarah-Kate Lynch
“ All the bees knew Sugar; they carried their feelings for her with them in their genes, they could sense her from more than half a mile away and would no sooner find her a threat than fly to the moon.… Sarah-Kate Lynch
“ The best thing about flying first class....was that you could be as nutty as a fruitcake and were still treated like the Queen of Sheba. Sarah-Kate Lynch
“ Only worry about what you absolutely know about,' Mr. Worthington said to me, putting my mind back where it belonged. 'That's the key. Worrying about anything else is just a waste of time and emotion.… Sarah-Kate Lynch
“ I've envied you over the years, carving out a different life for yourself, going where the wind blows you. That takes guts."For the briefest sliver in time, the world shimmered and Sugar saw her life… Sarah-Kate Lynch
