“Ice queens didn't break, after all. They melted. And Marco didn't have enough warmth for that.” — Sarah Addison Allen Flower Copy Share Image
I'm a huge fan of Alice Hoffman, Fred Chappell and Susan Elizabeth Phillips. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
Adolescence is like having only enough light to see the step directly in front of you. — Sarah Addison Allen Adolescence Copy Share Image
Always make your needs and expectations known,she used to say. That way no one gets hurt. — Sarah Addison Allen Expectations Copy Share Image
Sometimes you weren't supposed to share pain. Sometimes it was best just to deal with it alone. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
Superstitions are man's way of trying to control things he has no control over... — Sarah Addison Allen Men Copy Share Image
“There was such a feeling of peace around them, it was soft and pink and smelled of butter.” — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
Crystalline swirls of sugar and flour still lingered in the air like kite tails. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“I thought it was amazing that I could get a diploma just for reading fiction. It was like being able to major… — Sarah Addison Allen Books Copy Share Image
“There was a sense of tightness in the room now, filling the space. Attraction was like that. It filled. It poured into… — Sarah Addison Allen Attraction Copy Share Image
“Embarrassed, she quickly met his eyes again. It looked like he come right out of the lake water and made a beeline… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
Watching them, she realized they made so much sense together. Every look, every touch, was a reassurance, almost electric, as if they… — Sarah Addison Allen Confidence Copy Share Image
“History is a loop. We're exactly where they stood twenty years ago. What's theirs is ours, what's ours will become theirs.” — Sarah Addison Allen History Copy Share Image
I think my characters are more wish fulfillments than they are mirrors. They see things I don't and live in a world… — Sarah Addison Allen Character Copy Share Image
Wasn't that the point to being married? That you had a partner, someone you trusted, to help with important decisions. — Sarah Addison Allen Being married Copy Share Image
“It was the truest, purest, saddest thing she had ever heard spoken. It was like hearing gospel for the first time, how… — Sarah Addison Allen Christianity Copy Share Image
“She snorted. "Are you seriously asking me to have a fling with you?" "Absolutely not," he said, feigning shock. "I said dinner.… — Sarah Addison Allen Psychology Copy Share Image
“No, you're not. Go coax the shirt off someone else. Your charm doesn't work on me. I have a force field deflecting… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“It feels like he's taken your heart, doesn't it?…Like he's reached in and pulled it out from you. And I bet he… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“The girl was beautiful, her skin like fresh cream and her long hair so dark it seemed to suck the color out… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“Southern men will hold doors open for you, they'll hold you after you yell at them, and they'll hold on to their… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
Fate never promises to tell you everything up front. You aren't always shown the path in life you're supposed to take. But… — Sarah Addison Allen Fate Copy Share Image
“The cake sitting on the dining room buffet table was wide and three layers tall. There was a fondant topper shaped like… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“The first thing she noticed when the light popped on was that the wallpaper had rows and rows of tiny lilacs on… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“Silver sparkles from inside caught in the air and rolled in the wind past her. She took a deep breath, and it… — Sarah Addison Allen Baking a cake Copy Share Image
“He was a hearty, gregarious man. He was rich, but newly rich, and so very sincere about it. He lacked the natural… — Sarah Addison Allen Capacity to love Copy Share Image
Some men you know are Southern before they ever say a word," Julia said as she and Emily watched Sawyer's progress, helpless,… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“There were crooked photos on the wall of Della Lee as a child, with dark hair and eyes. Josey wondered when she… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“She went to the window. A fine sheen of sugary frost covered everything in sight, and white smoke rose from chimneys in… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“When Paxton was a teenager, her friends had even envied her relationship with her mother. Everyone knew that neither Paxton nor Sophia… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“Josey?” She heard her mother’s voice in the hall, then the thud of her cane as she came closer. “Please don’t tell… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“The townhouse was in a community called Waterview, a pretty green place with a common that had a gazebo and a fountain.… — Sarah Addison Allen Dream house Copy Share Image
“..And where a neighbour bakes hummingbird cakes in the hope of bringing back a lost love.” — Sarah Addison Allen Hope Copy Share Image
“Don't be vain. What you look like doesn't matter. It's the deed that matters.” — Sarah Addison Allen Action Copy Share Image
The next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy. — Sarah Addison Allen Candy Copy Share Image
He used to believe good things happened in this kind of weather. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
