Mary Ann in Autumn Quotes

“It all goes so fast, she thought. We dole out our lives in dinner parties and plane flights, and it's over before we know it. We lose everyone we love, if they don't lose us first, and every single thing we do is intended to distract us from that reality.”
― Armistead Maupin, Mary Ann in Autumn

“The bay was bright blue today, the hard fierce blue of a gas flame. If there was fog rolling in—and there must be, given the insistence of those horns—she couldn’t see it from here.”
― Armistead Maupin, Mary Ann in Autumn

“We have rules. Full disclosure, for one thing. And we're in bed with each other at the end of the day. Our commitment is for life, and we save our hearts for each other. That way we can have play AND permanency. If monogamy becomes more important than fidelity, you're bound to get hurt. It's all the lying that clobbers you, not the sex.”
― Armistead Maupin, Mary Ann in Autumn

“I have always preferred an occasional orgy to a nightly routine."
"What?"
"Aunt Augusta said that. In Travels with My Aunt.”
― Armistead Maupin, Mary Ann in Autumn

“Your hair has always been amazing. I remember those fabulous chopsticks you used to wear."
Anna wore a look of amused chagrin. "I'm afraid Mr. Greenleaf won't let me wear those anymore. I took a little tumble one night and almost harpooned the cat."
This was very much the Anna she remembered: warm and self-mocking and complete present. And somehow that made it even harder to accept how frail she'd become since Mary Ann's last visit.”
― Armistead Maupin, Mary Ann in Autumn