“After we became a couple, she composed our time together. She planned days as if they were artistic events. One afternoon we went to Tybee Island for a picnic; we ate blueberries and drank champagne tinted with curacao and listened… — Susan Hubbard Copy Share Image
“What about stakes in the heart?" I asked now. He frowned, the center of his mouth pursed while its corners curled downward. "Anyone will… — Susan Hubbard Copy Share
“My father was right: people are always leaving. They fall in and out of your life like shadows.” — Susan Hubbard Copy Share
“Who chose burial monuments? Were the wishes of the deceased taken into consideration? It was a subject I'd never considered before.” — Susan Hubbard Copy Share
“Would you agree," he said, "that man's sole duty is to produce as much pleasure as possible?" "Only if the pleasure produced is equivalent… — Susan Hubbard Copy Share
“I felt as if the world I lived in was only a facade - that beneath its skin, a darker world raged and rampaged.… — Susan Hubbard Copy Share
“After we became a couple, she composed our time together. She planned days as if they were artistic events. One afternoon we went to… — Susan Hubbard Copy Share
“What's life without risk," my father said. "Nothing but mauvais foi [bad faith]” — Susan Hubbard Copy Share
“In practicing the art of confusion, there is no better weapon than poetry.” — Susan Hubbard Copy Share
“She looked at me for a second and said, "Oh, never mind. I guess it's true what Mom said? That you've led a sheltered… — Susan Hubbard Copy Share
“He said that academia reminded him of a badly run circus. The faculty members were like underfed animals -- weary of their cages, which… — Susan Hubbard Copy Share
“Even a dull life could make worthwhile reading, he said, provided the writer paid sufficient attention to detail.” — Susan Hubbard Copy Share
“She especially liked my bedside lamp, which had a five-sided porcelain shade. Unlit, the shade seemed like bumpy ivory. Lit, each panel came to… — Susan Hubbard Copy Share
