“Do unto others as you would have done unto you. Manners aren't anything but a polite person being nice, no matter what… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Better place Copy Share Image
“Sugar and the man in the Hawaiian shirt stepped forward and pulled him up. But as they stepped away again, the backs… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Creme brulee Copy Share Image
“Sugar had grown up in Charleston, South Carolina: possibly the most luscious of the world's garden cities. Behind every wrought-iron gate or… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Beautiful place Copy Share Image
“Perched up on salvaged bricks, the half-pipes made perfect planters with an industrial edge that oddly complemented Sugar's pretty favorites: pansies, lantana,… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Flowers Copy Share Image
“Theo and Sugar dated, just like normal people only slower. He bought her heart-shaped boxes of candy and living plants for her… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Dating Copy Share Image
“Only worry about what you absolutely know about,' Mr. Worthington said to me, putting my mind back where it belonged. 'That's the… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Emotion Copy Share Image
“All the bees knew Sugar; they carried their feelings for her with them in their genes, they could sense her from more… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Aftershave Copy Share Image
“The next day there was still no sign of Sugar's 5A neighbor, although the window boxes had been rearranged overnight, the mint… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Herbs Copy Share Image
“I've envied you over the years, carving out a different life for yourself, going where the wind blows you. That takes guts."… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Different life Copy Share Image
“In the past I think I had corralled rotten things into groups of three because at some level it gave me the… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Bad things Copy Share Image
“She was a great wife...and a wonderful mother, a good daughter, a devoted sister and a truly nice person, which doesn't sound… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Children Copy Share Image
“In Santa Fe her whole yard had been crowded with different-sized terra-cotta pots, out of which she grew everything from rosemary and… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Colorado Copy Share Image
“If there’s one thing I have learned it’s that if you carry on as though nothing strange is happening, it usually stops… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Perspective Copy Share Image
“This is the thing no one prepares you for where disaster are concerned. There is no ominous black cloud, no spooky chill,… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Around the corner Copy Share Image
“It was true. Sugar did treat her bees like next of kin but then again, they were. Along with her manners, the… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Bees Copy Share Image
“If we are all going to have tragedies, if none of us can escape them, then surely we have to learn from… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Help others Copy Share Image
“Jacey's eyes hardened. She did not appreciate reality coming along and snapping her thong.” — Sarah-Kate Lynch Copy Share Image
“Seeing her mama wiggle and swagger like that always reminded Sugar of her own shortcomings in this department. She knew the sort… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Etta-wallace Copy Share Image
“Theo Fitzgerald," she said, still trying to shake off the night's uninvited visitor. "I mean, really!" The shake turned into yet another… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Ice cream Copy Share Image
“[D]espite her alternative leanings, it turned out Crystal was not particularly psyco-babbly or airy-fairy or tree-huggy, as one might have expected. In… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Calm Copy Share Image
“She looks sort of like a nurse, Ruby thought. Or a nun, but a movie star nun, not a real one, and… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Dark hair Copy Share Image
“In my experience nobody gets to lead a totally charmed existence. Nobody escapes the pitfalls of being a human being. It’s what… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Life Copy Share Image
“She was tall and slender with long dark hair that swung in a shiny ponytail from one shoulder to the other, her… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Dark hair Copy Share Image
“In my experience there’s not a state in the world,” Fee said matter-of-factly, “that cannot be greatly improved by close proximity to… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Copy Share Image
“Sugar got her beauty from her mama, was Theo's first impression, but this woman did not strike him as having a heart… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Beauty Copy Share Image
