Jennifer

“She had given him all she had - but what was it compared to the other gifts life held for him? She understood now the case of girls like herself to whom this kind of thing happened. They gave all they had, but their all was not enough; it could not buy more than a few moments...”
― Edith Wharton, Summer

“...though she had not had the strength to shake off the spell that bound her to him she had lost all spontaneity of feeling, and seemed to herself to be passively awaiting a fate she could not avert.”
― Edith Wharton, Summer

“Fate never promises to tell you everything up front. You aren't always shown the path in life you're supposed to take. But sometimes when you're really lucky, you meet someone with a map.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, The Peach Keeper

“Superstitions are man's way of trying to control things he has no control over...”
― Sarah Addison Allen, The Peach Keeper