“She'd seen it with Isabelle, the way things could become so permeated with memories that story was more important than function.” — Erica Bauermeister Memories Copy Share Image
“She felt about her zester the way some women do about a pair of spiky red shoes--a frivolous splurge, good only for… — Erica Bauermeister Fashion Copy Share Image
“Somewhere along the line, I'll screw up and hurt you," he said. "Everybody does. But that's not the point." "What's the point?"… — Erica Bauermeister Copy Share Image
“There were moments in life, Marion thought, when you reached back, baton in hand, feeling the runner behind you. Felt the clasp… — Erica Bauermeister Collaboration Copy Share Image
“I loved to walk in her garden after dinner; it felt alive, even in the winter. She always told me that rosemary… — Erica Bauermeister Garden Copy Share Image
“Lillian sometimes wondered why psychologists focused so much on a couple’s life in their bedroom. You could learn everything about a couple… — Erica Bauermeister Cooking Copy Share Image
“You know, Ian,” Antonia commented, “my father always said a person needs a reason to leave and a reason to go. But… — Erica Bauermeister Copy Share Image
“When she realized that there are many kinds of love and not all of them are obvious. That some wait like presents… — Erica Bauermeister Kinds of love Copy Share Image
“You know," Marion said, "I met a woman once when I was a teenager. I knew she had gone through a lot… — Erica Bauermeister Courage Copy Share Image
“i think love is like..waves.. you ride one in to the beach, and it's the most amazing thing you've ever felt. but… — Erica Bauermeister Friendship Copy Share Image
“Caroline had felt more comfortable thinking of beauty as something separate from her, like a scarf or a coat you could check… — Erica Bauermeister Copy Share Image
“Isabelle had always thought of her mind as a garden, a magical place to play as a child, when the grown-ups were… — Erica Bauermeister Beautiful Copy Share Image
“While the egg yolks cooled, he directed the beaters at the egg whites, setting the mixer on high speed that sent small… — Erica Bauermeister Beauty Copy Share Image
“She quickly realized she had an affinity for the older books and their muted scents of past dinners and foreign countries, the… — Erica Bauermeister Books Copy Share Image
You ride one in to the beach, and it's the most amazing thing you've ever felt. But at some point the water… — Erica Bauermeister Amazing things Copy Share Image
“She looked at the produce stalls, a row of jewels in a case, the colors more subtle in the winter, a Pantone… — Erica Bauermeister Cooking Copy Share Image
“Something was coming. Nola could feel it. She wanted to stop reading, but she couldn’t, because she could tell that this was… — Erica Bauermeister Fiction and reality Copy Share Image
“The cold reality of it had struck her, as if, perched on the crest of a roller coaster, the rest of the… — Erica Bauermeister Copy Share Image
TIME WENT ON, life with the children unfolding in its own ecosystem, small plastic toys seeming to grow up from the carpet… — Erica Bauermeister Autumn Copy Share Image
“I think love is kind of like those waves out there," she said. "You ride one in to the beach, and it's… — Erica Bauermeister Friendship Copy Share Image
