152 Quotes by Susan Wiggs

On Sunday, something washed up on shore.

She was relieved at the conclusion when everyone seemed thrilled with the menu for the reception: tinker mackerel alla Santa Nicola, penne pasta with tomato, arugula and mozzarella, arancini, pizette, egg pasta with lobster and asparagus, Guinea hen with vegetables and a towering Italian cream cake.

Let's get lunch at Aunt Carrie's."She looked away, trying to hide her vivid memories of the outdoor café. She and Alex had gone there as kids, sunburnt, their hair stiff with salt and their bare feet, to eat clam cakes and blueberry pie.

She inhaled air so damp it seemed to drench her lungs.

The time for falling in love was when you were emotionally available and free of cares, when it didn’t matter what time you came home or how late you were getting up the next day. When you had hours and hours to spend gazing into each other’s eyes and even longer hours making love, uninterrupted. If you wait for the perfect time to fall in love…it’ll never happen.

The human heart was such a complex organ, fragile and sturdy all at once.

I know you got your heart broken but I know the heart can heal, too. And I know what it feels like to love again. I love you so much, I can’t sleep at night. Sometimes I forget to breathe. And in a hundred years, that’s never going to change.

That’s how it is with infants. The minute the pain’s gone, so are the tears. If more people would do that, the world would be a happier place.

Unexpected change is like a breath of fresh air -- a little brisk at first, but magic for the body and soul.