“Claire had the same sensation she got when she heard people rattle off travelers' rumors about a place she had actually been: the realization that she already knew more than the adult trying to educate her. It bothered her most… — Carey Wallace Copy Share Image
“Claire had the same sensation she got when she heard people rattle off travelers' rumors about a place she had actually been: the realization… — Carey Wallace Copy Share
“His small compliments and offhand remarks formed a new scripture, and in breathless conversations and lonely, dream-drunk nights they built whole theologies from them.” — Carey Wallace Copy Share
“On the day Contessa Carolina Fantoni was married, only one other living person knew that she was going blind, and he was not her… — Carey Wallace Copy Share
“Her mind raced through the dark, throwing open doors, knocking over cabinets, searching for anything it ever remembered seeing. Then the lightning flashed again.… — Carey Wallace Copy Share
“Her mother could sail impervious through reversals and snubs that would have sunk another woman. But she was defenseless against her own thoughts” — Carey Wallace Copy Share
“Serving as the only audience for a man raised by crowds of admirers exhausted her. [...] The buried thought that he might have found… — Carey Wallace Copy Share
