The House of Always Quotes

“He still looked at me like I was every sunrise the world had ever seen.”
― Jenn Lyons, The House of Always

“But know this - even though I have lived a life as full of thin, small regrets as a cherry blossom is full of petals in the spring, this will be my largest: that I could not be with you, right then, to share the space between never and always while waiting for the sun to rise.”
― Jenn Lyons, The House of Always

“It turned out choices could linger like a wound, reminding a person every waking second of their consequences. Choices were ghosts; they haunted.”
― Jenn Lyons, The House of Always

“And the tea only turned to blood once, so that was nice.”
― Jenn Lyons, The House of Always

“And then there was the food: saffron-laced butter rice, cooked in a rose-shaped copper pan until seared with a perfect crust, decanted right at the table, and drizzled with a tart cherry sauce; sorshi balls—coconut, cherimoya, and sugar apple—dusted with different-colored powdered sugars; hot-spiced dakerra, served a perfect medium rare, along with herbed sag bread for rolls; and, to crown it all, a delicate kevra sorbet.”
― Jenn Lyons, The House of Always

“Of course, Blue. I'm sure I can find something to discuss with Taunna and Eledore. The magnificence of my breasts, if all else fails”
― Jenn Lyons, The House of Always