She had had no idea what it would do to her seeing him in a suit. Anna Godbersen More Quotes by Anna Godbersen More Quotes From Anna Godbersen The living are made of nothing but flaws. The dead, with each passing day in the afterlife, become more and more impeccable to those who remain earthbound. Anna Godbersen afterlife flaws made We see our sins reflected everywhere: in the pallor of our intimates’ faces, in the scratching of tree branches against windows, in the strange movements of everyday objects. These may be messages from God or tricks of the eye, but in neither case are we permitted to ignore them. Anna Godbersen everyday-objects eye tree Things only looked wrong when there was someone to see you. Anna Godbersen wrongdoing They were all dressed in their finest as though life really were some magical stage play in which every moment ought to be illuminated with its own bright spotlight. Anna Godbersen spotlight moments play Henry closed his eyes and imagined the sweet petulant woundedness with which she had stared at him on the beach. He felt a little proud that she could love him. Anna Godbersen eye sweet beach There was plenty of life left and if he had to he would use it all to get her back. The time had passed for making promises to her-all that was left for him was to act. Anna Godbersen plenty use promise What was it about that short creature with her wild hair and spurious air of purity and why would anyone much less two men love her and to such disastrous ends. Anna Godbersen hair men two After Henry's treatment of her she wasn't sure that men could honestly love women but she wanted to believe it. She wanted to be told pretty things and for the frightening clip of her heart to slow to something more reasonable. Anna Godbersen heart men believe But I wanted to tell you before I left how completely abjectly sorry I am for all the pain I have caused you and that if I die you were the one true love of my life. By the time you read this I will be gone but please know I am still always at your side.... Yours forever Henery William Schoonmaker Anna Godbersen your-side pain sorry That is what I want to tell you about: the girls with their short skirts and bright eyes and big-city dreams. The girls of 1929. Anna Godbersen girl eye dream It is a fact of big cities that one girl's darkest how is always another's moment of shining triumph, and New York is the biggest and cruelest city of them all. Anna Godbersen girl cities new-york In New York there is always something to look at, but it is all infinitely more interesting through a window in the backseat of a limousine. Anna Godbersen new-york looks interesting But in that moment she realized how false most smiles were and what a tremendous waste of time. Anna Godbersen wasting-time waste moments He was just like summer, and she loved summer. If she had any wish, it would be to live a lifetime of summers. Anna Godbersen would-be wish summer I can't imagine what my life was before. I can't imagine ever being without you for very long again. Anna Godbersen without-you imagine long It is well known that a man, when wooing a lady to be his wife, must first win over the females she most confides in—her friends, of course, and her sister, if she has one. Anna Godbersen wife winning men Girls took to dressing like boys, and though women had obtained the vote, we had swiftly moved on to pursuing flashier freedoms: necking in cars and smoking cigarettes and walking down city streets in flesh colored stockings. Anna Godbersen girl cities boys Among her other talents were forgetting what she did not like and ignoring what she preferred not to see. Anna Godbersen talent forget Henry was thinking of the younger Holland sister of the way she could go from being an impetuous girl to a knowing woman in a few seconds and never lose the stars in her eyes. Anna Godbersen girl stars eye Good night.' Diana summoned all the dignity that she could manage in her bedraggled state and began to move back up the beach. Her dress was soaked and her stockings dotted with sand and her heart couldn't possibly withstand any more. Anna Godbersen good-night beach moving
