Oh yes, well, I find myself unconventional everywhere. — Anna Godbersen Unconventional Copy Share Image
She had had no idea what it would do to her seeing him in a suit. — Anna Godbersen Idea Copy Share Image
“It was disgraceful but also romantic enough to make Lina's heart turn.” — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
“It was like the color of his eyes, she supposed - not quite one shade or another, and utterly unlike anyone else's.” — Anna Godbersen Eyes Copy Share Image
Always stay sharp on railways and cruise ships for transit has a way of making everything clear. — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
“Henry's worldly goal at the moment was drinking enough beer to be happy and forgetful.” — Anna Godbersen Beer Copy Share Image
Instead, he sat in the parlor of his family's Fifth Avenue mansion, growing older by the minute just like everybody else. — Anna Godbersen Family Copy Share Image
“Diana wore a men's bowler with the intials H. W. S. sewn into the lining and an old French army coat.” — Anna Godbersen Amazing Copy Share Image
She felt so much aware of her own beauty it seemed inconceivable that everybody else wouldn't notice the difference too. — Anna Godbersen Beauty Copy Share Image
But in that moment she realized how false most smiles were and what a tremendous waste of time. — Anna Godbersen Moments Copy Share Image
It is a fact of big cities that one girl's darkest how is always another's moment of shining triumph, and New York… — Anna Godbersen Big cities Copy Share Image
Girls took to dressing like boys, and though women had obtained the vote, we had swiftly moved on to pursuing flashier freedoms:… — Anna Godbersen Boys Copy Share Image
“But I wanted to tell you before I left how completely abjectly sorry I am for all the pain I have caused… — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
“Before her angry impulses got the better of her, she admonished herself that she was born to win and that one did… — Anna Godbersen Anger Copy Share Image
“How she wished she had Elizabeth to herself for a little so they could discuss what Henry's real intentions were and also… — Anna Godbersen Confidence Copy Share Image
“She thought of Henry and Diana on the stoop gazing at each other with the confusion and sadness of two puppies who… — Anna Godbersen Confusion Copy Share Image
Ah well that I can't tell you." Diana ducked her head so that the brim of her bonnet covered her face. "Some… — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
A lady must retain always her composure. Even in a rainstorm, she must appear joyous and dry. When she loses her composure,… — Anna Godbersen Composure Copy Share Image
He was a mystery to her, and every time she tried to solve him it caused her a little more pain. But… — Anna Godbersen Envy Copy Share Image
“The two men moved to either side of his shoulders, close enough that Henry smelled the smell of men who did not… — Anna Godbersen Smell Copy Share Image
She had rarely been near Henry since then, and the sight of him now was like a concentrated dose. — Anna Godbersen Heart Copy Share Image
Henry turned his hat in his hands but went on looking at Diana in a way that made her want to crawl… — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
That was how the heroine of a book would play it and Diana was still writing her own story the best heroines… — Anna Godbersen Book Copy Share Image
I can't imagine what my life was before. I can't imagine ever being without you for very long again. — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
The value of secrets is ever fluctuating although ladies who have been in society for a long time learn that a secret… — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
“I tell you Schoonmaker she doesn't know what she has. That's the heart of it. She's like some wild creature who hasn't… — Anna Godbersen Beauty Copy Share Image
“...when girls use the brightness of their eyes or the softness of their skin, they have an uncommon advantage in getting what… — Anna Godbersen Girls Copy Share Image
In New York there is always something to look at, but it is all infinitely more interesting through a window in the… — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
He was just like summer, and she loved summer. If she had any wish, it would be to live a lifetime of… — Anna Godbersen Lifetime Copy Share Image
That is what I want to tell you about: the girls with their short skirts and bright eyes and big-city dreams. The… — Anna Godbersen Big cities Copy Share Image
“What did it matter anyway that she was so much lovelier than the other girls when Henry was so blind.” — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
A man is made in the rough-and-tumble of the world a lady emerges from the flossy back rooms of her own imagination. — Anna Godbersen Imagination Copy Share Image
They will stop calling brides beautiful after today—you have simply set the standard too high,' he said. — Anna Godbersen Beautiful Copy Share Image
There was plenty of life left and if he had to he would use it all to get her back. The time… — Anna Godbersen Heart Copy Share Image
Among her other talents were forgetting what she did not like and ignoring what she preferred not to see. — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
She found herself longing for home-not just for the hotel but for New York and all the real novels that she could… — Anna Godbersen Books Copy Share Image
