Barbara Delinsky
Writer
1945-08-09
Barbara Delinsky is an American novelist known for bestselling contemporary fiction and women’s literature.
Books by Barbara Delinsky
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The summer I dared
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The Outsider
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Quotes by Barbara Delinsky
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What she did have, after raising two children, was the equivalent of a PhD in mothering and my undying respect.
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The question was whether James would love me if I was someone else.
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There, on the far side of of the Atlantic, would be Maine, but despite the shared ocean, her island and this one were worlds apart. Where Inishmaan was gray and brown, its fragile man-made soil supporting only the hardiest of low-growing plants, the fertile Quinnipeague invited tall pines in droves, not to mention vegetables, flowers, and improbable, irrepressible herbs. Lifting her head, eyes closed now, she breathed in the damp Irish air and the bit of wood smoke that drifted on the cold ocean wind. Quinnipeague smelled of wood smoke, too, since early mornings there could be chilly, even in summer. But the wood smoke would clear by noon, giving way to the smell of lavender, balsam, and grass. If the winds were from the west, there would be fry smells from the Chowder House; if from the south, the earthiness of the clam flats; if from the northeast, the purity of sweet salt air.
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Especially at a time when one's life was new, roots helped.
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Every woman feels. It just takes the right man to make things combust.
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When the truth emerges, it can't be ignored. Nor will it wait.
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Being friends is different from being lovers. It's a sea change.
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Some women are born with an instinct for knowing how things work— and what to do when they break.
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Confrontation is what happens when you are less than honest and you get caught.
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So, is it harder to dream about what you don´t have than to live in fear of losing what you do?
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I had nothing to fear from my father.Except his disappointment.Which was no small thing.
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Tombstones don´t list jobs, they list relationships-mother, wife, daughter.
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It´s like you get started in one direction and pick up speed, and you may forget where you´re going and why,but the momentum takes you there anyway. Only, you find out when you arrive that it isn´t where you wanted to be.
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Confrontation is what happens when you are less than honest and you get caught.
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When the truth emerges, it can't be ignored. Nor will it wait.
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So, is it harder to dream about what you don´t have than to live in fear of losing what you do?
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What she did have, after raising two children, was the equivalent of a PhD in mothering and my undying respect.
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Every woman feels. It just takes the right man to make things combust.
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Some women are born with an instinct for knowing how things work— and what to do when they break.
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I had nothing to fear from my father.Except his disappointment.Which was no small thing.
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