Quotes By Author: Frances Mayes

“You never know, of course, when you write a book what its fate will be. Sink out of sight, soar to the sun–who knows. I love this quote from Frances Mayes. It pretty much sums up the Great Unknown of book writing.”

“There are reasons we congregate in these hot spots- to worship beauty and to feel its effects light up the electrolytes in the bloodstream.”

“A Chinese poet many centuries ago noticed that to re-create something in words is like being alive twice. ”

“Five tender apricots in a blue bowl, a brief and exact promise of things to come.”