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 Doing nothing Copy Share Image
Embarrassment felt a lot like eating chili peppers. It burned in the back of your throat and there was nothing you could… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
Why were girls in such a hurry to grow up? Agatha would never understand. Childhood was magical. Leaving it behind was a… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“He lifted up on one elbow and looked down at her. What she wouldn't give to see what he saw, to know… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
When you're a teenager, your friends are your life. When you grow up, friendships seem to get pushed further and further back,… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“Lisette was born without the ability to speak, but she'd been brazen with written words as a child, substituting a sharp tongue… — Sarah Addison Allen Children Copy Share Image
Whenever I would get too nosy as a child, my grandmother would say, "When you learn someone else's secret, your own secrets… — Sarah Addison Allen Children Copy Share Image
“Lisette set out browned chicken, warm butternut squash salad, blue potatoes, and blackberry bread with a crust of sugar that looked like… — Sarah Addison Allen Food Copy Share Image
Your peers when you're a teenager will always be the keepers of your embarrassment and regret. It was one of life's great… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“This was an adventure. She was alive and awake and in charge, and Devin needed to see that. A kaleidoscope of landscapes… — Sarah Addison Allen Adventure 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 Dreams Copy Share Image
“Currently, the scent of rising dough and hot berries was being sucked through the old air-conditioning unit and spread throughout the main… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“He'd always liked the way Josey smelled. He thought about how she was wearing her curly black hair down that night, how… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“I'm homesick all the time," she said, still not looking at him "I just don't know where home is. There's this promise… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“There were some things that hadn't changed about Sydney, like her light-brown hair that had just enough natural curl to make it… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, the best endings are the ones that surprise you. Sometimes, the best are the ones that have everything happening exactly how… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
It was like the way you wanted sunshine on Saturdays, or pancakes for breakfast. They just made you feel good. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“Jack seemed kind. He was craggy and athletic, with lines like parentheses around his mouth, as if everything he wanted to say… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“Fate never promises to tell you everything up front. You aren't always shown the path in life you're supposed to take. But… — Sarah Addison Allen Fate Copy Share Image
After you finish a book, the story still goes on in your mind. You can never change the beginning. But you can… — Sarah Addison Allen Book 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 Bears Copy Share Image
Nothing is really broke, so it's not like I can fix it. I just have to keep trying to find what I'm… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“She knew him in that way you can only know a person you remember as a child, like if you cracked away… — Sarah Addison Allen Children Copy Share Image
To Fred, those years seemed to pass like quickly skimming a book and then finding the ending wasn't what he expected. He… — Sarah Addison Allen Attention Copy Share Image
“Bay's room was the first one at the top of the staircase. It was painted a dove gray that turned peacock blue… — 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 Hardest times Copy Share Image
“Selma stood. "You can put a tuxedo on a goat, but it's still a goat." "No, it's not," Bulahdeen said. "It's a… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
That's the fairy tale. You meet, you fall in love, you kiss, and neither of you is revolted by it. You get… — Sarah Addison Allen Ever after 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
But one thing she [Rachel] did believe in was love. She believed that you could smell it, that you could taste it,… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“She was willow-branch thin, had a cap of yellow hair, and a sad sort of vulnerability was wafting from her, making the… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“But Eby didn't say anything. She could fix a lot of things, but family wasn't one of them. It was one of… — Sarah Addison Allen Family Copy Share Image
“Kate picked up the carafe and poured some coffee into a cup. She added sugar and cream until it was the color… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
You'd be surprised how easy some things can be, things you never thought you'd do, when you take self-respect out of the… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
She never thought she was good at making friends. But maybe she was just trying to be friends with the wrong people. — Sarah Addison Allen Friends Copy Share Image
“His casual, almost flippant, mention of it took her by surprise and made her feel cool and tart, like tasting lime for… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
Right now everyone is drinking bad wine made of sour grapes and hysteria. Let them drink it, and let them regret it… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“When you're happy for yourself, it fills you. When you're happy for someone else, it pours over. It was almost too bright… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
Her grandmother used to tell her that a pink sky meant someone in the distance had just fallen in love . . . . — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“You aren't always shown the path in life you're supposed to take. But if there was one thing she'd learned in the… — Sarah Addison Allen Life Copy Share Image
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