“serenading us with “Cielito Lindo.” How odd, isn’t that Spanish?”
― Siracusa
― Siracusa
“We were social liars, amusing ourselves at dinner parties. Making it even more wicked and fun, this was the New York world of literati—people both brilliant and smug. We goofed on all of them. Our lies were power, we imagined, although why I’m not sure.”
― Siracusa
― Siracusa
“A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.” ― Frederick Douglass”
― That Birthday in Barbados: Turning Forty. A Divorce. A Tropical Escape. And Finding Love.
― That Birthday in Barbados: Turning Forty. A Divorce. A Tropical Escape. And Finding Love.
“Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.”
― Ann Landers”
― That Birthday in Barbados: Turning Forty. A Divorce. A Tropical Escape. And Finding Love.
― Ann Landers”
― That Birthday in Barbados: Turning Forty. A Divorce. A Tropical Escape. And Finding Love.
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