Sarah Addison Allen Quotes
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There was a mood of magic and frenzy to the room. Crystalline swirls of sugar and flour still lingered in the air like kite tails. And then there was the smell-the smell of hope, the kind of smell that brought people home.
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It was early evening when they walked outside, the sky the color of pink lemonade.
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Wasn't that the point to being married? That you had a partner, someone you trusted, to help with important decisions.
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Those who decided to stick with her would be her true friends. The others would just be scenery.
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Embarrassment felt a lot like eating chili peppers. It burned in the back of your throat and there was nothing you could do to make it go away. You just had to take it, suffer from it, until it eased off.
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For stubborn souls like Lisette, death was easier than the courage it took to actually change your life.
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He'd always been fascinated by her, drawn to her the way curious people are always drawn to things they don't understand.
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Right now everyone is drinking bad wine made of sour grapes and hysteria. Let them drink it, and let them regret it in the morning.
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It was like she was MADE of cake, light and pretty and decorated on the outside-with her sweet laugh and pink streak to her hair-but it was anyone's guess what was on the inside.
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I needed to stop being what everyone thought I was.
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Always make your needs and expectations known,she used to say. That way no one gets hurt.
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Men of thoughtless actions are always surprised by consequences.
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Watching them, she realized they made so much sense together. Every look, every touch, was a reassurance, almost electric, as if they were shocking each other with every contact.
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It took me a long time to realize this: We get to choose what defines us.
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Life is about experience... You can't hold on to everything
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If they just carried on like always, everything would be ok.
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To Fred, those years seemed to pass like quickly skimming a book and then finding the ending wasn't what he expected. He wished he'd paid more attention to the story.
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But relying on one person for your every need is so dangerous. One set of hands isn't enough to keep you from falling.
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The trick is not to make eye contact. They don't charge if you don't make eye contact.
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Sometimes people who had been together for a long time got to imagining that things used to be better, even when they weren't.
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He might be tall enough to see into tomorrow, but he hadn’t looked there in a long, long time. He’d forgotten how bright it was. So bright he could hardly stand it.
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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, but most of the time we're just too scared, or selfish, or insecure to help. But if we don't help each other, who will?
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Crystalline swirls of sugar and flour still lingered in the air like kite tails.
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Children always know when their mothers are crazy - they just never admit it, not out loud, to anyone.