I'll give you one day at a time, Claire. But remember, I'm thousands of days ahead already. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
...a sad sort of vulnerability was wafting from her, making the night smell like maple syrup. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
People adapt. People change. You can grow where you're planted. — Sarah Addison Allen Change Copy Share Image
The next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy. — Sarah Addison Allen Candy Copy Share Image
“Don't be vain. What you look like doesn't matter. It's the deed that matters.” — Sarah Addison Allen Action Copy Share Image
“..And where a neighbour bakes hummingbird cakes in the hope of bringing back a lost love.” — Sarah Addison Allen Hope Copy Share Image
“You can't change where you came from, but you can change where you go from here.” — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“I get the feeling that you like pointing me in the wrong direction.” — Sarah Addison Allen Direction Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Her friendship . . . still existed, as if it was a living, breathing thing, something that came to life the moment… — Sarah Addison Allen Breathing Copy Share Image
“Embarrassed, she quickly met his eyes again. It looked like he come right out of the lake water and made a beeline… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“There was a sense of tightness in the room now, filling the space. Attraction was like that. It filled. It poured into… — Sarah Addison Allen Attraction Copy Share Image
“But a man like that deserved to never be thought of again. Why couldn't he have just stayed buried? No good had… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“I thought it was amazing that I could get a diploma just for reading fiction. It was like being able to major… — Sarah Addison Allen Books Copy Share Image
Who I am, what I am, is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, a lifetime of stories. And there are still… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“Sitting at the old patio table she’d cleared of leaves, she smiled and leaned back. The stars looked twisted in the limbs… — Sarah Addison Allen Christmas lights Copy Share Image
“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 Cotton candy Copy Share Image
“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 Sarcastic Copy Share Image
“It had been rose candy day in the Waverley house, the scent still permeating the air, even though the kitchen was closed… — Sarah Addison Allen Essence Copy Share Image
“He hadn't moved. All the crazy-hot activity in the kitchen—waitresses going in and out, cooks going back and forth, the constant thump… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“Eby wanted to say so much to her. She wanted to say that waking up is the most important part of grieving,… — Sarah Addison Allen Family Copy Share Image
“She stuck her head out and took a deep breath. If she could eat the cold air, she would. She thought cold… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“He hadn't meant to get so angry at Morgan. He didn't often get angry at other people. There was no sense in… — Sarah Addison Allen Anger Copy Share Image
“He was a hearty, gregarious man. He was rich, but newly rich, and so very sincere about it. He lacked the natural… — Sarah Addison Allen Capacity to love Copy Share Image
“Silver sparkles from inside caught in the air and rolled in the wind past her. She took a deep breath, and it… — Sarah Addison Allen Baking a cake Copy Share Image
“The butterfly wallpaper was now gone. It had been replaced by a moody, breathless wallpaper of silver, sprinkled with tiny white dots… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Did you get rid of that sweater like I asked?" "Yes, Mother," Josey said. "I wasn't trying to be mean the other… — Sarah Addison Allen Beautiful woman Copy Share Image
“ Just So You Know You fall in love with every book you touch. You never break the spine or tear the… — Sarah Addison Allen Books Copy Share Image
When Josey woke up and saw the feathery frost on her windowpane, she smiled. Finally, it was cold enough to wear long… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“Most locals knew who Della Lee was. She waitressed at a greasy spoon called Eat and Run, which was tucked far enough… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“...she seethed like water the second before it rolls to a boil.” — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
It took me a long time to realize this: We get to choose what defines us. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
We have history, you and I. You just don’t know it yet. — Sarah Addison Allen History Copy Share Image
He used to believe good things happened in this kind of weather. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
...she was still water in his hands. He didn't know how to hold on. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
How we see the world changes all the time. It all depends on our mood. — Sarah Addison Allen Mood Copy Share Image
Magic is what we invent when we want something we think we cant have. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon. — Sarah Addison Allen Autumn Copy Share Image