Younger women tend to be busier, wearing more layers and more make-up. I don't know if it's because older women are more confident, or just that we don't care any more. But that pared-down approach is the same with the sentences I write; I take out adjectives and adverbs and keep the description to a minimum.
Tracy ChevalierI didn't move. I've learned from years of experience that dogs and falcons and ladies come back to you if you stay where you are.
Tracy ChevalierYou know I donโt listen to market gossip,โ she began, โbut it is hard not to hear it when my daughterโs name is mentioned.
Tracy ChevalierI wanted to wear the mantle and the pearls. I wanted to know the man who painted her like that.
Tracy ChevalierI have spent my life waiting for something to happen,โ she said. โAnd I have come to understand that nothing will. Or it already has, and I blinked during that moment and it's gone. I don't know which is worse โ to have missed it or to know there is nothing to miss.โ Falling Angels
Tracy Chevalier