Those silly girls had no idea what they were really celebrating. They had no idea what it took to bring Agatha and her friends together seventy-five years ago. The Women's Society Club had been about supporting one another, about banding together to protect one another because no one else would. But it had turned into an ugly beast, a means by which rich ladies would congratulate themselves by giving money to the poor. And Agatha had let it happen. All her life, it seemed, she was making up for things she let happen.
Sarah Addison AllenThe trick is not to make eye contact. They don't charge if you don't make eye contact.
Sarah Addison AllenI should let people in. If they leave, they leave. If I break, I break. It happens to everyone. Right?
Sarah Addison AllenWhen you have to do something, you have to do it. Putting it off only makes it worse. Believe me, I know.
Sarah Addison Allen