Alice Adams Quotes & Sayings

You could look through the windows at any one of these people, but you would only ever see what was there, not what wasn't. The losses and absences didn't show, despite so often being the immovable facts around which a life orbited. — Alice Adams

When you say fiscal responsibility, it seems to me that you really mean rich people keeping their money. — Alice Adams

A wise friend told me that we all could use more than one set of parents - our relations with the original set are too intense, and need dissipating. — Alice Adams

I have noticed that after a time of deep sorrow the greatest comfort may come from a person you do not know well. — Alice Adams