“In fiction, beauty was run-of-the-mill.”
“For a bookworm like Mother, a Brontë novel sister was better than a biological one.”
“At seven, I didn't insist on my version of the world.”
“Your first mistake may be your last - choose wisely”
“Between memory and reality there are awkward discrepancies...”
“What was romance but a lovely bit of play between man and woman?”