...she was still water in his hands. He didn't know how to hold on. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
It had always fascinated him that she'd consumed so many words, that her head was full of stories, told a thousand different… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
She'd always known he didn't love her. But it was easier to bear when he didn't know she loved him. That way… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
He'd always been fascinated by her, drawn to her the way curious people are always drawn to things they don't understand. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“She wasn’t sure exactly when it happened when she had realized that she could only make one of them happy. She only… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
Sometimes its necessary to embrace the magic, to find out what's real in life, and in one's own heart. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“But he’d been looking for an excuse. He didn’t do it for her. She could have been anyone.” — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
But surprises were nothing new to her. Like opening a can of mushroom soup and finding tomato instead; be grateful and eat… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“He wasn't used to people saying no, and Eby felt sorry for him, the way she'd always felt sorry for those who… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“They laughed, and she suddenly felt like she was on such good footing with Willa. She never thought she was good at… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
He had a smug smile on his lips like he knew, even in his sleep, that women all around him were dying… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
But that would leave Paxton to fend for herself, and the last thing any woman wanted in this kind of situation was… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“The night he and Julia had was amazing, and something he'd dreamed about for you years. Up until that night, she'd only… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
She sometimes thought she was going crazy. Her first thought when she woke up was always how to get him out of… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“He could make her forget that it was desperation. He could make her forget everything. And this small room couldn't contain what… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“He ignored that and sat on her towel at her feet. She could see her reflection in his sunglasses as he stared… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“She understood that the hardest times in life to go through were when you were transitioning from one version of yourself to… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“It feels like he's taken your heart, doesn't it?…Like he's reached in and pulled it out from you. And I bet he smiles like… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share
“Sitting at the old patio table she’d cleared of leaves, she smiled and leaned back. The stars looked twisted in the limbs of the… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share
Nothing is really broke, so it's not like I can fix it. I just have to keep trying to find what I'm looking for. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share
Sometimes people who had been together for a long time got to imagining that things used to be better, even when they weren't. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share
“There was such a feeling of peace around them, it was soft and pink and smelled of butter.” — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share
“The two giant oaks in the front yard looked like flustered ladies caught mid-curtsy, their starched green leaf-dresses swaying in the wind.” — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share
“After awhile, all the men wanted his opinion, and all the girls were in love with him. He made certain of it. Because he… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share
“She wasn’t sure exactly when it happened when she had realized that she could only make one of them happy. She only knew that… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share
I'll give you one day at a time, Claire. But remember, I'm thousands of days ahead already. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share
“She opened her eyes slowly and saw that a pale lavender moth had come to a rest on the back of her hand. She… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share
“She knew him in that way you can only know a person you remember as a child, like if you cracked away the adult… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share
