Characters Quote by Sara Sheridan

“Mirabelle and Vesta have plenty in common because they are facing descrimination in different ways, but they're also a nice contrast.”

— Sara Sheridan

“Mirabelle, who never takes credit for her attractiveness, believes it is not she he is responding to, but rather something independent of her.”

— Steve Martin

“If you put Mirabelle into some of the situations she gets into, there is only one way Mirabelle can behave.”

— Sara Sheridan

“Mirabelle attracts men of a different kind. They are shyer and more reticent. They look at her a long time before approaching, and when…

— Steve Martin

“All this in no way discounts her attractiveness. Mirabelle is attractive; it's just that she is never the first or second girl chosen.”

— Steve Martin

“To Mirabelle, the idea of being an object of obsession is alluring and represents a powerful love. She fails to understand, however, that men…

— Steve Martin

“Mirabelle is not affected by a man's failure to approach her, as her own self-deprecating attitude never allows the idea that he would in…

— Steve Martin

“If there were a silent observer, Mirabelle would be seen as a carefree, happy girl who is preparing for a night on the town.…

— Steve Martin

“Lately Mirabelle had reflected wistfully if people even noticed her – a smartly dressed woman who came and went along the Promenade, always alone.”

— Sara Sheridan

“She appears sunny, a quality that Mirabelle can call upon only for special occasions.”

— Steve Martin

For a while, Mirabelle believes there will be a moment when he will cave in and let himself love her, but eventually she lets…

— Steve Martin

“As a girl, Mira had held his hand and led him out of a dark place. As a woman, she’d held his heart, despite…

— Lara Adrian