“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 sky was incredible that night, the moon nearly full and the stars littering the sky like tossed stones.” — Sarah Addison Allen Astronomy Copy Share Image
But that would leave Paxton to fend for herself, and the last thing any woman wanted in this kind of situation was… — Sarah Addison Allen Doing nothing Copy Share Image
Embarrassment felt a lot like eating chili peppers. It burned in the back of your throat and there was nothing you could… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
People fall in love all the time. And it's not always with the right people. And it's not always reciprocated. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“One thing Billy knew that most people don't know is that the longer you have a wish, the closer you get to… — Sarah Addison Allen Wish Copy Share Image
“So you stay, you don't tell anyone, is that it?" "Sure," Della Lee said easily. "That's blackmail." "Add it to my list… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“The smell of peppery warm cheese and thick, yeasty grilled bread was beginning to fill the air. She would give the sandwich… — Sarah Addison Allen Candy Copy Share Image
“The boy who had given her that last best summer was now this handsome unfamiliar man. And yet, she knew him. She… — Sarah Addison Allen Children Copy Share Image
We're connected, as women. It's like a spiderweb. If one part of that web vibrates, if there's trouble, we all know it,… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“The morning sun on her white hair and pale face made her seem almost translucent. She'd been a beautiful woman in her… — Sarah Addison Allen Beautiful woman Copy Share Image
I think of the future all the time. All my life I've chased dreams of what could be. For the first time… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“He was not going to move on until she let go of him, of her guilt. And that was one thing she… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“But she stopped herself. That wouldn't make it right. You didn't forgive because it was the only choice you thought you had.… — Sarah Addison Allen Cheating Copy Share Image
“The night he and Julia had was amazing, and something he'd dreamed about for you years. Up until that night, she'd only… — Sarah Addison Allen Dreams Copy Share Image
“Currently, the scent of rising dough and hot berries was being sucked through the old air-conditioning unit and spread throughout the main… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“This was an adventure. She was alive and awake and in charge, and Devin needed to see that. A kaleidoscope of landscapes… — Sarah Addison Allen Adventure Copy Share Image
Your peers when you're a teenager will always be the keepers of your embarrassment and regret. It was one of life's great… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“Paxton walked over to the box and opened it, still feeling a little of that thrill she used to have at the… — Sarah Addison Allen Dress Copy Share Image
“I had a support system, which is what the women in our family sorely lack after they fall in love. They get… — Sarah Addison Allen Fall in love Copy Share Image
“She saw that Devin's bedroom door was still closed, and a sudden, irrational fear gripped her that Devin might not be there.… — Sarah Addison Allen Fear Copy Share Image
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“I told you. I want to talk to you." "So talk," she said. "Not like this." His hand wrapped around her arm… — Sarah Addison Allen Hope Copy Share Image
“But then he would come home...and he would feel a strange sensation, like his feet growing heavy. It was as if he… — Sarah Addison Allen Mind Copy Share Image
“Willa said happiness means taking risks. And if you're not a little scared, you're not doing it right." That made him laugh,… — Sarah Addison Allen Happiness Copy Share Image
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To think, after all this time, after all the searching and all the waiting, after all the regret and the time she'd… — Sarah Addison Allen Carolina Copy Share Image
I'm a classic stress-eater, so I know a lot about how eating can become a way of hiding from what's really wrong.… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“Bay looked down at the wispy dress, her fingers trailing over it. It really was perfect. It was a faded teal green… — Sarah Addison Allen Dress Copy Share Image
There's an old hymn called 'How Can I Keep from Singing?' That's what writing feels like to me. I have to write.… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
Cancer is too real, and too awful, and I can't make it good or magical. I couldn't even read a book where… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“Sure enough, Emily's eyes were right to him. And he seemed to know exactly when it happened, because he looked up and… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“A hummingbird cake, she decided as she turned on the kitchen light. It was made with bananas and pineapples and pecans and… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“You do realize that the longer I stay here, the more likely she is to think we're doing something scandalous." "Like what?… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“He'd always liked the way Josey smelled. He thought about how she was wearing her curly black hair down that night, how… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“I'm homesick all the time," she said, still not looking at him "I just don't know where home is. There's this promise… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
He reached for her and kissed her. It was all at once passionate, as if there was too much in him to… — Sarah Addison Allen Differences Copy Share Image
“There were some things that hadn't changed about Sydney, like her light-brown hair that had just enough natural curl to make it… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
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