Quote by Edith Layton

“Susie and Pippa clinked their glasses together. I followed suit, but my heart wasn't in it anymore. It had already left the building.”

— Milly Silver

“She walked a ways down the concourse, and looked back and waved and then turned a corner and was out of sight. I still…

— Robert B. Parker

“Oliver’s voice said from the window, “It’s about time you returned.” Startled, she dropped the pies. Despite the shadows beneath his eyes, she’d never…

— Sabrina Jeffries

“Her photographs, lining the hall outside my bedroom-- many different Pippas, at many different ages-- were a daily torment, always expected, always new; but…

— Donna Tartt

“It's not so much that Adele was a mother to me, it's that to me, a mother was Adele.”

— Hanya Yanagihara

“Lily?”, she whispered. Lily didn’t move. “Can I tell you something?” Lilly breathed deeply, clearly asleep. “I think all my life my heart’s been…

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

“Rosie, it's okay, it's me." She knew that voice. She pulled the hand off her mouth. "Pip?" He let her go and she spun…

— Lara Morgan

“Hello, Sister Wally," I said brightly. But she did not reply. Her eyes were red, and she kept snatching a tissue from the pocket…

— Jane Christmas

“I didn't understand her being gone, either. I had seen her fall. Now her part of any conversation would always be unsaid, and the…

— Gordon Dahlquist

“Royce Davenport, turn around and look at me,” Pandora demands. I pick up Lav and hold her up beside my face. “Would we lie…

— Alexa Riley

“I watched you both, hoping that this day would help you, that Violet’s concern would mean something, that you would feel like you still…

— Jill Santopolo

“He cupped the back of her head with one large hand and kissed her, slowly, sweetly, as if he were courting her again. When…

— Deanna Raybourn