The Summer Wind Quotes

“None of us are perfect. We don’t need perfection. Balance will do.”
― Mary Alice Monroe, The Summer Wind

“Just a sliver of luminosity to give her hope.”
― Mary Alice Monroe, The Summer Wind

“waves”
― Mary Alice Monroe, The Summer Wind

“People give pain, are callous and insensitive, empty and cruel . . . but place heals the hurt, soothes the outrage, fills the terrible vacuum that these human beings make.’ ” She put her hands on Dora’s shoulders. “Do you know who said that?” “No.” “Your namesake. Eudora Welty.”
― Mary Alice Monroe, The Summer Wind

“was flying by, and if she couldn’t find a way to forge bonds between her granddaughters, Mamaw knew that come September, Sea Breeze would be sold, the girls would scatter again, and she’d be sitting on the dock howling at the harvest moon. The previous May, Mamaw had invited her three granddaughters—Dora, Carson, and Harper—to celebrate her eightieth birthday at Sea Breeze. She’d had, however, an ulterior motive. In the fall, Marietta was putting Sea Breeze on the market and moving into an assisted”
― Mary Alice Monroe, The Summer Wind