I have loved the stars too well to fear the night…

“A hole ain’t nothing either, but you can still break your neck in it.”

— Sara Donati

“Elizabeth Middleton, twenty-nine years old and unmarried, overly educated and excessively rational, knowing right from wrong and fancy from fact, woke in a nest…

— Sara Donati

“the deepest touch. His place inside of her, where no one else knew her; where she did not know herself.”

— Sara Donati

“The thrill of telling her true feelings without considering good manners or the propriety of what she had to say was intoxicating.”

— Sara Donati

“There ain’t nothing like religion to bring out the worst in folks.”

— Sara Donati

“She wore her determination like war paint.”

— Sara Donati

“The future is mysterious and frightening to you now, but in the end all will be well. There will be great happiness and great…

— Sara Donati

“Little girls are kept away from the things that would make them strong, in the name of protection and propriety.”

— Sara Donati

“There was nothing predictable in this life, and very little that was fair.”

— Sara Donati

“Over the village of Paradise lightning jumped from cloud to cloud and then it put down long legs and walked the earth.”

— Sara Donati

“When it's right it's never too late, when it's wrong it's always too soon”

— Sara Donati