“Love is like cigarettes. It gives you a little pleasure while you're at it, but leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth and a pain in your chest.” — Loraine Despres Copy Share Image
“[Belle]'d fallen in love with him at fifteen, galloping down clay roads with the leaves of autumn swirling around them. They'd discovered the nooks… — Loraine Despres Copy Share
“If you know anything about summer in Louisiana you know that the heat, moist and heavy, presses down on the pavement until it sends… — Loraine Despres Copy Share
“The most important thing about virtue is to talk as if you're in favor of it.” — Loraine Despres Copy Share
“Letting go is the best revenge. It frees your heart for much more satisfying pursuits.” — Loraine Despres Copy Share
“Love is like cigarettes. It gives you a little pleasure while you're at it, but leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth… — Loraine Despres Copy Share
“Sissy wasn't really beautiful, but men never noticed. With her deep green eyes, her shoulder-length auburn hair that swung when she moved, and the… — Loraine Despres Copy Share
“Belle turned around. She looked down at her hands, hardened with work. They might have been city hands once, but they weren't anymore, and… — Loraine Despres Copy Share
