92 Quotes by Barbara Delinsky

Charlotte Evans was used to feeling grungy. As a freelancer, she traveled on a shoestring, getting stories other writers did not, precisely because she wasn't fussy about how she lived. In the last twelve months, she had survived dust while writing about elephant keepers in Kenya, ice while writing about the spirit bear of British Columbia, and flies while writing about a family of nomads in India.

So where does that leave me? I like hosting the show....It’s become my identity. If that’s gone, where am I?

The important part of growing older was the growing part. Resisting change meant forever standing still, which was a sad way to live.

What she did have, after raising two children, was the equivalent of a PhD in mothering and my undying respect.

Rain didn't make things messy. People did that all on their own.

When the truth emerges, it can’t be ignored. Nor will it wait.

Confrontation is what happens when you are less than honest and you get caught.

Aim high, hit high.

June would always be Charlotte's favorite month on Quinnipeague. She loved the frothy roil of the sea as it recovered from a day of rain, and in those early mornings, before the fog lifted and sun warmed the island, there was nothing, nothing better than a wood fire, wool socks, and hot chocolate made from scratch.