How could someone with a life this full feel this empty? — Sarah Addison Allen Empty Copy Share Image
I love that my dad has stopped asking me when I'm going to get a real job. — Sarah Addison Allen Asking Copy Share Image
If we measured life in the things that almost happened, we wouldn't get anywhere. — Sarah Addison Allen Life Copy Share Image
It took me a long time to realize this: We get to choose what defines us. — Sarah Addison Allen Choose Copy Share Image
“...she seethed like water the second before it rolls to a boil.” — Sarah Addison Allen Water Copy Share Image
He used to believe good things happened in this kind of weather. — Sarah Addison Allen Believe 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
“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 Fatigue Copy Share Image
“With her dark eyes, elegant nose and olive complexion, Claire looked timeless, old-worldly.” — Sarah Addison Allen Claire-waverley Copy Share Image
“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 Adam-boswell Copy Share Image
“She'd just walked into heaven. And her grandmother was right there, in every scent. Sugary and sweet. Herby and sharp. Yeasty and… — Sarah Addison Allen Grandmother Copy Share Image
“The two giant oaks in the front yard looked like flustered ladies caught mid-curtsy, their starched green leaf-dresses swaying in the wind.” — Sarah Addison Allen Oaks Copy Share Image
“Warm, enticing scents were floating down, basil and oregano and tomato. It made Wes long for something, something he couldn't place. A… — Sarah Addison Allen Happy childhood Copy Share Image
“He stared up at the moon, which looked like a giant hole in the sky, letting light through to the other side.” — Sarah Addison Allen Garden Copy Share Image
Everything was quiet, a strange sort of quiet that felt like an unfinished sentence. — Sarah Addison Allen Quiet 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
“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 Beauty Copy Share Image
“The Ferris wheel came to a stop two seats down from the top. "I've been thinking about you a lot this past… — Sarah Addison Allen Ferris wheel Copy Share Image
“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 Friendship Copy Share Image
When she looked in the mirror these days, she saw someone she didn't recognize...She saw an old woman trying to be beautiful,… — Sarah Addison Allen Apples Copy Share Image
“The world was not like him and was not going to change for him. The trick to getting through life, she'd told… — Sarah Addison Allen Getting through life Copy Share Image
She knew what it felt like to stand in front of someone and ask them to love you, to try to pull… — Sarah Addison Allen Desire Copy Share Image
“...they all watched Devin run up to meet the other girls. For a moment Kate felt indescribably sad, because she couldn't go… — Sarah Addison Allen Time Copy Share Image
“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 Desperation Copy Share Image
“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 Baker Copy Share Image
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 Aa meeting 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
“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 Life Copy Share Image
“Bulahdeen ignored her. "I taught literature for nearly forty years. The books I read when I was twenty completely changed when I… — Sarah Addison Allen Books Copy Share Image
“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 Afternoon naps Copy Share Image
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 Banding together Copy Share Image
“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 Best friend Copy Share Image
“She'd been there for a few hours when Sawyer showed up. It was after midnight, but there he was, walking around the… — Sarah Addison Allen Sawyer Copy Share Image
“There were crooked photos on the wall of Della Lee as a child, with dark hair and eyes. Josey wondered when she… — Sarah Addison Allen Bedrooms Copy Share Image
“She went to the window. A fine sheen of sugary frost covered everything in sight, and white smoke rose from chimneys in… — Sarah Addison Allen Cold air 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
“You have a cat," she said, surprised. It was an odd-looking cat with no hair on its back and strange ears, but… — Sarah Addison Allen Beauty Copy Share Image
“She opened her eyes slowly and saw that a pale lavender moth had come to a rest on the back of her… — Sarah Addison Allen Imagination Copy Share Image
People adapt. People change. You can grow where you're planted. — Sarah Addison Allen Change Copy Share Image
