Verbena Quotes

“She loved him because he was the reason why.”
― Nanci Kincaid, Verbena

“Bobby’s death was like if you’d spent nearly twenty years reading a book and were only halfway through when the book got lost or taken away from you. For the rest of your life, all you could do was guess the end.”
― Nanci Kincaid, Verbena: A Novel

“Lucky settled on an NPR-type station that played jazz—not New Orleans–type jazz, but the other kind, you know, New York type or something where you get the feeling that everybody playing an instrument went to college someplace fancy and studied music until they just about ruined all their natural instincts.”
― Nanci Kincaid, Verbena: A Novel

“Maybe in Sue Cox’s case they shouldn’t be called laugh lines, Bena thought. Not in Bena’s own case either. Who was it that thought women got wrinkles from laughing so much?”
― Nanci Kincaid, Verbena: A Novel

“There was an orange flickering candle on their table, which was a fine touch in the dimly lit place. It put sort of a golden glow on their faces. Bena liked that and sort of settled into letting herself feel pretty, you know, like nearly any woman can when the lights are low.”
― Nanci Kincaid, Verbena