“He'd always liked the way Josey smelled. He thought about how she was wearing her curly black hair down that night, how… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“The smell of peppery warm cheese and thick, yeasty grilled bread was beginning to fill the air. She would give the sandwich… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“She had beautiful pale skin, which was a stark contrast to her dark eyes and hair, like black marble and snow. It… — Sarah Addison Allen 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 Copy Share Image
“She'd been a beautiful woman in her day, delicate and trim, blue-eyed and fair-haired. There was a certain power beautiful mothers held… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“Did you get rid of that sweater like I asked?" "Yes, Mother," Josey said. "I wasn't trying to be mean the other… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“The front door opened as he walked up the steps, and she appeared like a spirit in a black dress. She didn't… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“Josey was a different person than she was even a month ago. She reminded Margaret so much now of Marco's cousins from… — Sarah Addison Allen 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 Copy Share Image
“She stuck her head out and took a deep breath. If she could eat the cold air, she would. She thought cold… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“Back then she used to hide from her mother in the secret space just to worry her, but now she stocked it… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“She reminds me of Rapunzel. You know, like in the fairytale. The only time she leaves that house is to take her… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“It feels like he's taken your heart, doesn't it?....Like he's reached in and pulled it out from you. And I bet he smiles like… — Sarah Addison Allen 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 of the… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
Nothing is really broke, so it's not like I can fix it. I just have to keep trying to find what I'm looking for. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
Sometimes people who had been together for a long time got to imagining that things used to be better, even when they weren't. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“There was such a feeling of peace around them, it was soft and pink and smelled of butter.” — Sarah Addison Allen 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 Copy Share Image
“After awhile, all the men wanted his opinion, and all the girls were in love with him. He made certain of it. Because he… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
People adapt. People change. You can grow where you're planted. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“She wasn’t sure exactly when it happened when she had realized that she could only make one of them happy. She only knew that… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
I'll give you one day at a time, Claire. But remember, I'm thousands of days ahead already. — Sarah Addison Allen 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 hand. She… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
