Kay Correll > Quotes

“named her restaurant Magic Cafe. But that had been when she was young and still foolishly believed in all that nonsense. A lone blue heron flew past her. She watched as it flapped its wings in a rhythmic motion, continuing down the beach until she lost it in the distance. The breeze tossed her gray-sprinkled hair this way and that. The gray she never considered coloring back to its original chestnut brown, there was no time for such frivolities. She glanced at her watch. It was time to head back to the cafe. It might not open until eleven, but she had a ton of work to do each morning before she unlocked the doors. Plus, this was her monthly get-together with her friends Susan and Julie, a date that was never broken. Her friends would come by for”
― Kay Correll, Wish Upon a Shell

“There’s such a fine line between sleepy small town and dying small town. I’m glad we’re not on the dying side, but things sure are changing. I hope Comfort Crossing keeps its small-town feel.”
― Kay Correll, The Shop on Main

“Bella plopped a canapé in her mouth, convincing herself that it was okay to over indulge in celebration of her shiny new savings account. “Yum, this canapé is great. I swear I’m going to learn to cook someday.”
― Kay Correll, The Shop on Main

“They walked over to the group. Aunt Lil smiled knowingly. Robin and Charlotte”
― Kay Correll, One Simple Wish: Return to Lighthouse Point

“Today it bordered more on the liked-quite-a-bit side of the scale. She stood on the beach at Lighthouse Point on Belle Island. The waves raced up the gentle slope of sand and lapped at her bare feet. This had to be her favorite spot, especially in the early morning hours when all she would pass was an occasional jogger or shell collector. The lighthouse was no”
― Kay Correll, Wish Upon a Shell

“dishes and placed them into the sink. Tomorrow, she’d deal with them tomorrow. Right now she needed to”
― Kay Correll, The Shop on Main

“The sky slowly splashed into a wash of muted colors, as if someone had tossed watercolors across the horizon.”
― Kay Correll, Wish Upon a Shell

“Tally had a love-hate relationship with the sea. Today it bordered more on the liked-quite-a-bit side of the scale. She stood on the beach at Lighthouse Point on Belle Island. The waves raced up the gentle slope”
― Kay Correll, Wish Upon a Shell

“Life is meant to be shared. With family, with friends, with someone you love.”
― Kay Correll, The Shop on Main

“Owen thought that parents were a strange breed of humans. He couldn’t understand their private society, didn’t know the secret handshake.”
― Kay Correll, The Shop on Main

“The envelope was addressed to a Miss Josephine Amaud in Comfort Crossing, Mississippi.”
― Kay Correll, The Letter

“fitting.”
― Kay Correll, Sea Glass from the Past

“famous-er”
― Kay Correll, The Parker Women

“What was he going to do for a month at the beach with no work to do? What had he been thinking? He’d picked a sleepy little island in southern Florida in the off-season, after the snowbirds had left to go back to their various states, after spring break rush was over, before summer season began”
― Kay Correll, Wish Upon a Shell

“over the roar of the fan.”
― Kay Correll, Wish Upon a Shell

“right dance of living alone with two boys, owning her own shop, and handling life. “Get your homework off the table and into the backpacks. Jeremy, don’t forget to finish up your homework at your”
― Kay Correll, The Shop on Main