“I've envied you over the years, carving out a different life for yourself, going where the wind blows you. That takes guts." For the briefest sliver in time, the world shimmered and Sugar saw her life as an enviable jewel:… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Copy Share Image
“Do unto others as you would have done unto you. Manners aren't anything but a polite person being nice, no matter what everyone else… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Copy Share Image
“Sugar and the man in the Hawaiian shirt stepped forward and pulled him up. But as they stepped away again, the backs of their… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Copy Share Image
“Sugar had grown up in Charleston, South Carolina: possibly the most luscious of the world's garden cities. Behind every wrought-iron gate or exposed-brick wall… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Copy Share Image
“Perched up on salvaged bricks, the half-pipes made perfect planters with an industrial edge that oddly complemented Sugar's pretty favorites: pansies, lantana, verbena and… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Copy Share Image
“Theo and Sugar dated, just like normal people only slower. He bought her heart-shaped boxes of candy and living plants for her rooftop and… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Copy Share Image
“Only worry about what you absolutely know about,' Mr. Worthington said to me, putting my mind back where it belonged. 'That's the key. Worrying… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Copy Share Image
“All the bees knew Sugar; they carried their feelings for her with them in their genes, they could sense her from more than half… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Copy Share Image
“The next day there was still no sign of Sugar's 5A neighbor, although the window boxes had been rearranged overnight, the mint harvested and… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Copy Share Image
“I've envied you over the years, carving out a different life for yourself, going where the wind blows you. That takes guts." For the… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Copy Share Image
“In the past I think I had corralled rotten things into groups of three because at some level it gave me the impression I… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Copy Share Image
“She was a great wife...and a wonderful mother, a good daughter, a devoted sister and a truly nice person, which doesn't sound like much… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Copy Share Image
“In Santa Fe her whole yard had been crowded with different-sized terra-cotta pots, out of which she grew everything from rosemary and lavender to… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Copy Share Image
