“Do you know what I love most about the ocean? The way the water’s all connected. The bits and pieces have different… — Beatriz Williams Bits and pieces 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… — Beatriz Williams Moral strength 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… — Beatriz Williams Politics 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… — Beatriz Williams Copy Share Image
“one can no longer distinguish between history and reality after the absinthe goes in the punch.” — Beatriz Williams History 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… — Beatriz Williams Freedom 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… — Beatriz Williams Bloody mary 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 Dog 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,… — Beatriz Williams Ocean 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… — Beatriz Williams March Copy Share Image
“coffee is like doughnuts: even a bad batch is better than no batch at all.” — Beatriz Williams Copy Share Image
“To Florida -- its dreamers, its builders, its mavericks, and its scoundrels. (Sometimes all four at.)” — Beatriz Williams Florida Copy Share Image
“Sooner or later, the house always won. Pepper used to think that she was the house. She has it all: family, beauty,… — Beatriz Williams Sooner or later Copy Share Image
“Honey, you always have a choice,” she says. “The trick is making the right one.” — Beatriz Williams Choice Copy Share Image
“I didn't reply I didn't think I could. I felt sick, perspiring, the way you do when you stand by yourself on… — Beatriz Williams Death Copy Share Image
“Two o’clock in the morning with a newborn is the loneliest hour in the world.” — Beatriz Williams Morning Copy Share Image
“I don’t know how [books] accumulate like that. They’re part rabbit, I think.” — Beatriz Williams Book Copy Share Image
“I had the best of times. I’m not the sort of chap who’s going to grovel on about what a stupid, callow… — Beatriz Williams Time Copy Share Image
“How we are all mere specks in time, perched on the shore, watching each other pass in turn.” — Beatriz Williams Time Copy Share Image
“You lay down these tracks, even though you know it’s not the right track, even though you can see what track’s the… — Beatriz Williams Change 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… — Beatriz Williams Business Copy Share Image
“The lesson sank through the pores of my skin and into my bones. Say as little as possible about yourself. Don’t attract… — Beatriz Williams Ask for help Copy Share Image
“You never knew for certain if a man was a hero or a villain or an ordinary human being.” — Beatriz Williams Copy Share Image
