Sarah Addison Allen

"I was just telling Claire about a guy I met in bread class. I hate him, but he could be my soul mate."

"Life is about experience... You can't hold on to everything."

"We decided to become a society of women, a club to make sure women were protected. The club was something important back then. Not like it is today."

"When you have to do something, you have to do it. Putting it off only makes it worse. Believe me, I know."

"Whenever I would get too nosy as a child, my grandmother would say, 'When you learn someone else's secret, your own secrets aren't safe. Dig up one, release them all."