There are many ways to make a family, and that’s really the essence of The Lakeshore Chronicles books. As each story ends, a new one unfolds. The one element they all have in common is the key ingredi...
She wore almost no jewelry, which Rosa later learned was characteristic of women from the oldest and wealthiest families. Ostentation was for the nouveau riche.
We can move past our history, but we can never truly erase it.
It isn’t fair, but maybe that’s the whole point. Fairness has no part in real life, and she took that lesson away from the Hotel Angeline with her.
The one who was lost. It was as if someone had pulled a dark hood over her face, spun her around until she was dizzy, then thrust her forward, to grope her way blindly through life, praying she would...
It's best to know what your issues are before going ahead with a relationship.
It’s all to do with the way you carry yourself, the way you face the world.
It’s funny how much influence our parents have on us. True.
I’m fat, okay? Getting rid of my braces and glasses is not going to change that. Stop it, Camille said. God, why were teenagers so hard? Had she been that hard? I won’t let you talk about yourself tha...
She reflects on the girl she had been in this place, and the things she had to do in order to survive. For a long time, she’d had to live her child- hood backward, forced to step up and take charge of...
I’ve always thought a quilt held together with a woman’s tears to be the strongest of all.
I’ve never understood tourism. Where is the value in standing by and watching others live their lives?
Just my luck, she thought. Here I am in the middle of nowhere, and Easy Rider comes to my rescue.
She was a digital geek. He’d always considered himself pretty good at multitasking, but she truly had a gift. At any given moment, she could juggle up to three devices. She might be tweeting on her iP...
Opening a book was like opening a door to another world, and once she stepped across the threshold, she was transported. When she was reading a story, she lived inside a different skin. She
Like most American women, you do not understand style. It does not mean parading yourself around in the latest fashion, but simply presenting your very best self to the world. Contrary to your belief,...
Anything was possible if only she dared to believe herself worthy.
Love comes into your life in its own time, not when you’re ready.
Love isn’t always all perfume and magic. It has a physical side, one that has nothing to do with tender feelings, fluttering hearts, sentimental poetry.
Love wasn’t a selfish thing. It was the kindest, most generous impulse a man could have.
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