Sarah Addison Allen

“[...] o amor muda o jogo.”

— Sarah Addison Allen

Not every man was sorry when he hurt a woman.

— Sarah Addison Allen

I think Heaven will be like a first kiss.

— Sarah Addison Allen

“We are conduits for happiness.”

— Sarah Addison Allen

She'd fallen into the best part of her past.

— Sarah Addison Allen

I needed to stop being what everyone thought I was.

— Sarah Addison Allen

Men. You can't live with them, you can't shoot them.

— Sarah Addison Allen

Safe is just another word for scared.

— Sarah Addison Allen

How could someone with a life this full feel this empty?

— Sarah Addison Allen

I love that my dad has stopped asking me when I'm going to get a real job.

— Sarah Addison Allen

Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right.

— Sarah Addison Allen

“... one of those people with invisible thorns, preventing others from getting too close.”

— Sarah Addison Allen

She accepted it from then on. Books liked her. Books wanted to look after her.

— Sarah Addison Allen

“He was one of those men for whom all their fatigue went to their eyes in a sleepy, sexy kind of way.”

— Sarah Addison Allen

“And you couldn't make a snowman in your neighborhood because? Because you weren't there.”

— Sarah Addison Allen

“With her dark eyes, elegant nose and olive complexion, Claire looked timeless, old-worldly.”

— Sarah Addison Allen

“I like your mom," Adam said as they watched her walk away. "She's a saint." "Jake," his father called. "And that's the…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“Her color was high and her brown eyes were shining. Her gorgeous red hair was a thick mass of curls that fell…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“She was enchanting. He loved the notes she wrote in her pretty handwriting, the way she smelled, like oranges and dough, the…

— Sarah Addison Allen

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

My favorite books are the ones that make me smile for hours after reading them. I want that for my readers, for…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“So this has nothing to do with my telling you I was taking Emily out here today?" she asked skeptically. "Now, that…

— Sarah Addison Allen

Blank-slate friendships were thin and temperamental. She knew that. There was no history there to cement people together, for better or worse.

— Sarah Addison Allen

“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

“Eby knew all too well that there was a fine line when it came to grief. If you ignore it, it goes…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“She wrote the names of the day's cakes on the board: traditional Southern red velvet cake and peach pound cake, but also…

— Sarah Addison Allen

Coffee, she'd discovered, was tied to all sorts of memories, different for each person. Sunday mornings, friendly get-togethers, a favorite grandfather long…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“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

“She bought a plume of blue cotton candy before they left the food booths, and she picked at it while they headed…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“He shook his head. "Uh-uh. That's not going to work anymore. You can be as hard and sarcastic as you want, but…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“Books can be possessive, can't they? You're walking around in a bookstore and a certain one will jump out at you, like…

— 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,…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“Mom! Look. This one is my favorite," Devin said, pulling out a faded pink dress with a red plaid sash. The crinoline…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“Business was doing well, because all the locals knew that dishes made from the flowers that grew around the apple tree in…

— 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…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“There was always a slight upswing in February, the town's coldest month, when out-of-towners liked to hike into the national park to…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“Last summer, Wills and her two best friends had spent hours in her bathroom, perfecting feathering their hair, which they collectively decided…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“She wasn't a nature girl, though for some reason he wanted her to be. He wanted her to be a lot of…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“Devin was the most gorgeous, unique creature Kate had ever known. She'd come out of the womb an individual, refusing to be…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“What Claire could do with the edible flowers that grew around the cranky apple tree in the backyard was the stuff of…

— Sarah Addison Allen