“Somehow he'd become the one constant in this whole uneven chapter in her life, & the idea that could change was unsettling.” — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
I want my marriage to be like th Earth, full of life and revolving around the Son — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“And for the first time in his life Peter understood what the opposite of lost was: that it had nothing to do… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it seemed as if his whole life was an exercise in waiting; not waiting to leave, exactly, but simply waiting to… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Maybe growing up was really nothing more than growing away: from your old life, from your old self, all those things that… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“How many times can a life be split into a before and an after?” — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“There are certain things in life that you'll be forgiven for, no matter how thoughtless or stupid or reckless, but if you… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“He'd come back to her, it was true. He was the one to walk out of the woods and onto the beach, to cross… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“That's the thing about flying: You could talk to someone for hours and never even know his name, share your deepest secrets and then… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Now Hadley presses her forehead against the window of the taxi and once again finds herself smiling at the thought of him. He's like… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“He's looking at her like she's the answer to some sort of riddle.” — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Well," he begins, sitting up a bit taller, "I was being quite gallant, actually, and offered to help with her suitcase. And then we… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“The only time it doesn't help to imagine the sky is when you're thirty thousand feet in the air with nowhere to go but… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Emma knew that she'd always been on the wrong side of the line that separated her from her parents, from Patrick and Annie and… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Hadley knows this isn’t some Disney movie. Her parents aren’t ever getting back together” — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“If you were to draw a map of the two of them, of where they started out and where they would both end up,… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“She wishes that it were true, all of it. That it were more than just a story. That is was their story.” — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“There's a formula for how long it takes to get over someone, that it's half as long as the time you've been together.” — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“True," he says. "But I'm able to supplement it with my wealth of British intelligence and charm." "Right," Hadley says. "Charm. When do I… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image