Quotes from Kathleen Tessaro

They seemed to be removed from her by more than just language. French people leading French lives. Why was it that anything you couldn't readily understand became mysterious and glamorous?

He didn't know what it was like to live between memory and regret

When a woman changes her hair what she's really saying to fate is, no. I refuse to be defined by those terms.

When you are older and have swum out into the stream of life, you'll see – there are no "good" people, little girl. We're all trying and failing, trying too hard and failing too often. Remember that. We shouldn't judge too harshly, in the end, the sins of others.

Sometimes I think the only things we have in common with one another are our shortcomings

You must navigate by means of your own natural compass." "And if my compass is broken?" "Then you must learn to compensate. Sail a little crooked, make adjustments, but you must set your own course, or the journey is meaningless." (page 357)

Paulette shook her head and sighed. In her world Grace had failed to meet the responsibility of her own beauty. This was not just a waste but a sin.

Men are forced to resort to ridiculous displays of bravado in front of women.

she exuded the air of a woman used to spending her days glowing brightly at the centre of her own, personal solar system.

Because she was connected to you. Because even despite her absence, she existed and you existed. You are a fact in each other's lives in the same way that the sea exists even if you never go to the seaside.

Loneliness isn't relieved in a crowd.

The world is defined by smells – not words or shapes or sounds.

Something of Eva's disturbing beauty, slow-burning sensuality and razor-sharp mind was reflected in it.

Some day you will have a nemesis,' Madame warned bitterly. 'It's not easy, you know. Someone who has the ability to do everything you wish you could, but with greater ease, style, success.' Grace

The warm humid air of New York clung to the night, unwilling to relinquish its suffocating hold. And yet to Eva, the city had an underlying hum of possibility; a constant forward motion that promised, no matter what, that change was on its way.

You must be Kessler's blonde," one of the men guessed. "My name is May. With a y

If you can capture a woman's imagination, then you will have her. But imagination is a strange creature. It needs time and distance to function properly.

Character isn't built, it's bred.

I knew her a long time. The truth was we both had certain expectations of each other. In the end, I suppose they were too high.

Innocence, like virginity, is more fun to lose than to keep.' 'Both are quite expensive, sir.

He was in love with aspects of her. Andre wasn't capable of expressing himself like other people. He dreamt in smells, he heard music in colours.

Too much reading is a bad habit. No one likes a girl who squints.

Oamenii iau de-a gata ceea ce de fapt este o art?. Arta de a tr?i bine, de a tr?i confortabil dup? standardele personale, cere o anumit? maturitate a spiritului, un caracter excep?ional, un gust cu adev?rat rafinat ?i…

as I unwrapped my daily meal of two hard-boiled eggs