"I wanted to tell her not to entertain despair like this. Despaire wasn't a guest, you didn't play its favorite music, find it a comfortable chair. Despair was the enemy."-white oleander"
- Janet Fitch
"Sam was staring at Claire with about the same amazement as his brother had shown. Claire didn’t seem to realize it, or else she was too preoccupied to think of it, but she was the second thunderbolt t..."
- Elisabeth Grace Foley
"Stay with me always, my sweet, my love . . . my Claire."
- Teresa Medeiros