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Aunt Edie Quotes

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Jessica Glasner
“You and I, we throw caution to the wind! We swim to great depths! We face the sea!”
Jessica Glasner, Voyage of the Sandpiper

Jessica Glasner
“Only you can tell your story the way it really happened. Without your voice, it’s just a collection of disjointed memories.”
Jessica Glasner, Song of the Storm Petrel

Jessica Glasner
“Enjoyment is the first sign of a great talent, my dear! ... Take it from me. I'm a writer! I know the throes of passion and joy that come from doing what you love- the ecstasy, the despair!”
Jessica Glasner, The Exclusive

Jessica Glasner
“That was Edie. Always dramatic, always dreaming of faraway places and adventure. Yet she never left the safety of her fortress except to go into town on errands or her weekly poker game with the elderly Mr. Henderson. She was, simultaneously, perfectly content and terribly dissatisfied. Nearly impossible to read but wonderful to watch. Insecure yet comfortable in her own skin.”
Jessica Glasner, Voyage of the Sandpiper

Jessica Glasner
“Well, when you do want to marry, what do you want him to be like?” I baited, playfully jabbing her in the ribs with a piece of driftwood. “And don’t kid around.” …
Tilting her head back, she thought for a moment and then said quite honestly,
“Like a familiar sweet dream. The kind you dream every so often and can’t remember when you wake up, but you long to dream all day long. Or like a favorite book you loved as a child and forgot about until you found it in an old box in the closet.”
Jessica Glasner, Voyage of the Sandpiper