“one can no longer distinguish between history and reality after the absinthe goes in the punch.” — Beatriz Williams Copy Share Image
“Your father owns a history company?" I say teasingly. Nick laughs. "No. Everyone on Wall Street has a history degree, though you'd never know it, the way they keep making the same mistakes, crash after crash.” — Beatriz Williams Copy Share Image
“Do you know what I love most about the ocean? The way the water’s all connected. The bits and pieces have different names, but… — Beatriz Williams Copy Share Image
“I can look at a thing and know its worth in a second. It’s my particular talent.” — Beatriz Williams Copy Share Image
“I’m wearing one of Clara’s hats, which are much smarter than mine, close and brimless like a cap. Isn’t it funny, how a smart… — Beatriz Williams Copy Share Image
“The genius of politics, of people like Frank, is to link them all, understand them all. To represent them all, not just the ones… — Beatriz Williams Copy Share Image
“I had learned that you could imagine anything you wanted, that the space inside your head belonged only to you. Furnished and decorated and… — Beatriz Williams Copy Share Image
“one can no longer distinguish between history and reality after the absinthe goes in the punch.” — Beatriz Williams Copy Share Image
“Long ago, I had learned that you could imagine anything you wanted, that the space inside your head belonged to you. Furnished and decorated… — Beatriz Williams Copy Share Image
“All you really need to know about the Paris Ritz is this: by the middle of 1937, Coco Chanel was living in a handsome… — Beatriz Williams Copy Share Image
“No matter what your sins, if a dog can stand you, there must be some hope left for your soul.” — Beatriz Williams Copy Share Image
“Across the road, at the edge of the yellow beach, an especially large wave rises to the sky, gathering strength and power, until it… — Beatriz Williams Copy Share Image
“I thought, how magical, the first glimspe of snow. By March I would be sick of it, but here in this November instant those… — Beatriz Williams Copy Share Image
“coffee is like doughnuts: even a bad batch is better than no batch at all.” — Beatriz Williams Copy Share Image
