She shrugged her shoulders, then shifted her attention to the hand-labeled glass jars of honey. "Which one do you want to use?" "Something mild to go with the cheese." "The milkweed blossom?" Isabel nodded. "We're probably the only ones who'll notice." "The different flavors of honey have always been obvious to me," Jamie said. "Not to me. I've had to train my palate. Same with wines. But I'm not a natural, but I love the alchemy of pairing flowers. If you were twenty-one and not pregnant, I'd give you a taste of this nice new sauvignon blanc from Angel Creek. It's going to go perfectly with the appetizers." She turned off the heat under the fried marcona almonds and gave the pan a shake. "One sip," Jamie insisted, nibbling a bit of the goat cheese and honey on a cracker. "One, young lady." Isabel poured a bit of the chilled white wine in a goblet and held it out to her. Jamie savored a tiny sip, and smiled blissfully. "You're right. It's delicious." Isabel took back the goblet. "Look at me, corrupting a minor.
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Avoiding boredom is one of... SUSAN SONTAG I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams. SUSAN SONTAG The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions. SUSAN SONTAG Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art. SUSAN SONTAG Mallarme said that everything in the world exists in order to end in a book. Today everything exists... SUSAN SONTAG Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech. SUSAN SONTAG What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine w... SUSAN SONTAG Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. SUSAN SONTAG It is not altogether wrong to say that there is no such thing as a bad photograph - only less intere... SUSAN SONTAG Addiction isn't about substance - you aren't addicted to the substance, you are addicted to ... SUSAN CHEEVER Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the partic... SUSAN ORLEAN Life goes on, and I'm moving on to the next thing, but I hope the soaps that are still running w... SUSAN LUCCI Where there is no human connection, there is no compassion. Without compassion, then community, comm... SUSAN VREELAND Most people who have grown up introverted in this very extroverted culture of ours have had painful ... SUSAN CAIN Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessive... SUSAN CAIN Advertising is very simple in a lot of ways. Advertisers go where the users go, and users are choosi... SUSAN WOJCICKI These are challenging times at home and around the world. We will have to work together in a biparti... SUSAN COLLINS There is an anti-aging possibility, but it has to come from within. SUSAN ANTON Surrealism is a bourgeois disaffection; that its militants thought it universal is only one of the s... SUSAN SONTAG Whether you're an obstetrician or a third-grade teacher or a real estate agent, you know when yo... SUSAN ISAACS Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday aftern... SUSAN ERTZ