Susan Richards Shreve Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes, Blister was thinking, the only person in the world she could really count on was herself, and that was not enough. — Susan Richards Shreve

My house feels like home when you're there. — Susan Richards Shreve

It may be true that you can't judge a book by its cover," Daisy G. had told Blister just last summer. "But the cover tells you something about the book and don't ever pretend it doesn't. — Susan Richards Shreve

Be pleasant, patient, and professional, please. — Susan Richards Shreve

The rules for raising children had gone out with her parents generation of daughters who had lived as Lucy had, in patient silence, acting by standards which had lasted generations, waiting to grow up to make their decisions, following the patterns of their own lives. — Susan Richards Shreve

Now. 1973. Exactly." He tipped back in his chair, his arms folded across his chest. "So much changed in the sixties, the war, the rights of women, civil rights, the vote, protest against the war. On and on. I was getting my Ph.D. in Chicago and you were in college but that time was upheaval with a purpose. Now we've drawn back into our shells, wondering what we have done and what do we believe.? And is there any purpose to our lives? — Susan Richards Shreve

Lucy settled into August's kitchen as if they were a family. — Susan Richards Shreve

I'm sick in the heart," Blister aid, climbing into the car. "I don't need the doctor."
"Heartsick is the worst," Daisy G. said. — Susan Richards Shreve

Bunches of flowers and kisses, their bodies locked together by a stopwatch.
Descriptive on an affair — Susan Richards Shreve