Kathleen Tessaro

“Mass was like grand opera, a magic show with the most expensive props in town. And faith, a sleight of hand trick,…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“To me, chance isn't random. The universe is bound by unseen threads. We have only to untangle them a little to see…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“I want to go to a café and sit with you. I want you to order something I've never eaten before and…

— Kathleen Tessaro

My husband claims I have an unhealthy obsession with secondhand bookshops. That I spend too much time daydreaming altogether. But either you…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“I'm going to tell you something that no magazine or novel or television show will ever let on. Love wears you down.…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“There is nothing more difficult than simplicity,’ Madame”

— Kathleen Tessaro

“I’d like to live in great comfort. And peace.’ And then she added, quite to her surprise, ‘With no one to tell…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“I believe it’s a privilege, madam. One that’s earned through a certain amount of courage and adversity.”

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Paulette shook her head and sighed. In her world Grace had failed to meet the responsibility of her own beauty. This was…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“He was uncannily skilled at dissecting hidden meaning behind every interaction.”

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Likewise, while the men and women were no more naturally attractive than their English counterparts, they dressed with an assurance and attention…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Around her the tables were filling with people, tourists planning their next stop over a coffee, businessmen meeting for luncheon, well-heeled women…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Are we at war with fate?”

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Smells are custodians of memories.”

— Kathleen Tessaro

“In every book she’d ever read, the heroine was subject to self-doubt and unjust criticism. And in every case, it only served…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“To sin. To miss the mark ... We try and we fail, like archers who aim for the target but fall short…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“But other times it has terrible consequences. Do you remember what they used to say about Lord Byron?”

— Kathleen Tessaro

“it, Valmont found himself staring at her. At the easy, languid way in which she crossed the floor; of the taut perfection…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“We live in a disposable world. There's no point in investing yourself too heavily. Love doesn't fix anything...it destroys more than it…

— Kathleen Tessaro

There is nothing more difficult than simplicity, and therefore, nothing more refined.

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Young men seemed to collect by her side, ready with drinks and conversation. She tanned quickly and easily, her delicate limbs oiled…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“curiosity is the most delightful of all human characteristics "I see. No men in her life then?" -"Not unless you count Jack…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Perfume should tell a story –”

— Kathleen Tessaro

“she exuded the air of a woman used to spending her days glowing brightly at the centre of her own, personal solar…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Dorsey was out of her league. When a woman like Kay Waverley took you on over a man, you were done for.…

— Kathleen Tessaro