Quotes from book

Save Me the Waltz

“People are like almanacs, Bonnie - you never can find the information you're looking for, but the casual reading is well worth the trouble.”

“I am really only myself when I'm somebody else whom I have endowed with these wonderful qualities from my imagination.”

“There seemed to be some heavenly support beneath his shoulder blades that lifted his feet from the ground in ecstatic suspension, as if he secretly enjoyed the ability to fly but was walking as a compromise to convention.”

“A southern moon is a sodden moon, and sultry. When it swamps the fields and the rustling sandy roads and the sticky honeysuckle hedges in its sweet stagnation, your fight to hold on to reality is like a protestation against a first waft of ether.”

“memories should be sharp when one has nothing else to live for”

“Father said conflict develops the character”

“isn't it funny how danger makes people passionate?”

“Death is the only real elegance.”