Kathleen Tessaro

“Smells are custodians of memories.”

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Are we at war with fate?”

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Perfume should tell a story –”

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Is there anything more haunting than the ambitions of youth?”

— Kathleen Tessaro

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

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Men are forced to resort to ridiculous displays of bravado in front of women.”

— Kathleen Tessaro

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

— Kathleen Tessaro

“He didn’t know what it was like to live between memory and regret with nothing to numb it.”

— Kathleen Tessaro

“The world was full of collectors, scouring the earth for pieces of themselves.”

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Sometimes I think the only things we have in common with one another are our shortcomings”

— Kathleen Tessaro

“The world is defined by smells – not words or shapes or sounds.”

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Love is self-serving - we do all sorts of things for our own comfort and call it love. But revenge is an…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“A woman who no longer cares about how she looks has given up on more than fashion – she’s given up on…

— Kathleen Tessaro

If you can capture a womans imagination, then you will have her. But imagination is a strange creature. It needs time and…

— 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

“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

“Some day you will have a nemesis,’ Madame warned bitterly. ‘It’s not easy, you know. Someone who has the ability to do…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Some of us, no matter how hard we try, aren’t meant to lead ordinary lives. Fate finds us. Gives us a shove.”

— 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

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

— Kathleen Tessaro

“When you are older and have swum out into the stream of life, you'll see -- there are no "good" people, little…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Don’t worry, Iceberg, this will melt you!” He chuckled. I didn’t like his tone. “Why are you calling me that?” “Because you’re…

— 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

“But where Ma saw only old books gathering dust and smelling of mildew, I found comfort and possibility. Other worlds were within…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“No one had ever advocated her independence before. The entire success of her marriage, her whole career as a woman, depended largely…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Love is self-serving – we do all sorts of things for our own comfort and call it love. But revenge is an…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“You see, nothing is more immediate, more complete than the sense of smell. In an instant, it has the power to transport…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“She was wearing a simple silver sheath cut within an inch of indecency, curving round her slender shoulders and then falling away…

— 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

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

— 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

“Madame smiled indulgently. ‘Most people assume that a muse is a creature of perfect beauty, poise and grace. Like the creatures from…

— 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 was a low growl of thunder, a flash of lightning and the skies erupted in a sudden downpour, emptying the streets…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“It was a heady, overwhelming veil of scent. At first it developed almost hypnotically into a floral, fruit bouquet; languid and sensual…

— Kathleen Tessaro

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

— Kathleen Tessaro

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

— Kathleen Tessaro

“It was a scent that lacked coyness, made no concessions to charm. Like standing on the edge of a great and terrifying…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Monte Carlo was the place to gamble, gossip and sunbathe, exchange an old lover for a newer one, and acquire next season’s…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Roger had a charming smile, one that illuminated his whole face; wrinkling his nose, crinkling the skin around his hazel eyes.”

— Kathleen Tessaro