“He’s like wine. If you describe what he does, he seems awful, but if it’s happening to you, it’s lovely.” “There speaks an intoxicated man.”
― The Hymn to Dionysus
― The Hymn to Dionysus
“There was this one weekend, a million summers ago, when I sat on the shore drinking a frozen limeade, and I realized the only thing I wanted to look at was the way the sun hit the girls swimming in the lake.
The problem has always been this: When I look at you, I taste lime, and I see light on water.”
― I Kissed Shara Wheeler
The problem has always been this: When I look at you, I taste lime, and I see light on water.”
― I Kissed Shara Wheeler
“Always be quiet when a heart is breaking.”
― The Wishing Game
― The Wishing Game
“Suffering isn’t something we earn, Gracewood. It’s something we bear.”
― A Lady for a Duke
― A Lady for a Duke
“When Shara looks at her like that, all airy and sly, it makes Chloe think of the first time her mama brought home an icebox pie. It was strawberries and cream, her mom’s favorite, and the whole thing seemed to be a feat of mechanical physics. It didn’t make sense how the strawberries held effortlessly together when you sliced it, or how the cloud of meringue sat weightless on top. She remembers studying the layers from the side and having the inexplicable thought, This is a Shara Wheeler kind of pretty.
God. Shall I compare thee to an icebox pie?
Couldn’t be gayer if she tried.”
― I Kissed Shara Wheeler
God. Shall I compare thee to an icebox pie?
Couldn’t be gayer if she tried.”
― I Kissed Shara Wheeler
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