Rain didn't make things messy. People did that all on their own.

- Barbara Delinsky

If you want to disappear, Emily, you can do it most anywhere.

- Barbara Delinsky

You kids were all in college, and I suddenly saw that I was stuck alone with a man who, all those years later, was still wanting me to be someone I w…

- Barbara Delinsky

I had nothing to fear from my father. Except his disappointment. Which was no small thing.

- Barbara Delinsky

Choices are easy when you have nothing to lose.

- Barbara Delinsky

What she did have, after raising two children, was the equivalent of a PhD in mothering and my undying respect.

- Barbara Delinsky

Wolves go after a wounded deer, it is the nature of the beast.

- Barbara Delinsky

I can't spend the rest of my life competing for your attention and coming in last.

- Barbara Delinsky