5 Quotes by Patry Francis

That night, Hallie was relieved when Linda Soares, the town librarian who'd spent years trying to impress Nick with her low-cut shirts and book recommendations, joined them for dinner.

For some reason, she thought of how the old people wept when they played fado music at the annual Portuguese Festival. Saudade , her great-aunt Del called it: homesick music. But according to her father, the emotion was about more than place. It was a profound longing for everything that was lost and would never be regained.

Men pursue younger women for sport all the time—whenever they start feeling a little insecure. But when a woman does it, it’s another thing altogether.

There are people whose whole life is a punishment. Kids who literally don’t know the difference between right and wrong, people who ‘know not what they do,’ to quote the Master.

That night, Hallie was relieved when Linda Soares, the town librarian who’d spent years trying to impress Nick with her low-cut shirts and book recommendations, joined them for dinner.