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“A woman had joined the two men sitting at table three. She was a blonde, one of those fatal blondes, six foot tall or near enough, with hair the color of clover honey.”

Pittsburgh Beach Read Nantucket

Book:The Choking Game

Source: The Choking Game

“You were a cop?" Sarah remarked, surprised. She couldn't imagine this elegant woman posted on duty anywhere. Well, Lord and Taylor, maybe.”

Pittsburgh Beach Read Nantucket

Book:The Nature Of The Grave

Source: The Nature Of The Grave

“Like environmentalists, politicians generally privilege flora and fauna over folks. (NIMBYs excepted. Senator Edward Kennedy is a not-in-my-backyard environmentalist: he opposes wind farms in Nantucket Sound, offshore from his Hyannis Port compound.)”

Sound Wind Politician Folks Privilege Farms Senators Compounds Port Backyards Environmentalist Flora Offshore Flora And Fauna Wind Farms Nantucket

Author:Ilana Mercer

“You see the pictures in the paper today of John Kerry windsurfing? He's at his home in Nantucket this week, doing his favorite thing, windsurfing. Even his hobby depends on which way the wind blows.”

Way Home Today Week Wind Depends Paper Blow Hobbies Favorites Things John Kerry Nantucket

Author:Jay Leno

“Like environmentalists, politicians generally privilege flora and fauna over folks.”

Politician Folks Privilege Environmentalist Flora Flora And Fauna Nantucket

Author:Ilana Mercer

“Nantucket is a place where some kind of magic happens, it's where I met my husband 32 years ago, and we've been together since the day we met. It's the kind of place that when people come here, they think they'll be happy. I see people falling in love or recovering from some conflict here, and I wanted to capture that.”

People Thinking Love Years Kind Happens Wanted Together Fall Magic Mets Husband Conflict Years Ago Falling In Love My Husband Capture Recovering Nantucket

Author:Nancy Thayer

“For me when I was growing up, some of the happiest times were when we went to a small island called Nantucket off Massachusetts.”

Growing Up Growing Islands Massachusetts Nantucket

Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“People think I live here on Nantucket and just gaze at the ocean, getting my inspiration. Not so. I work in my basement and gaze out onto a single window that shows me a cement wall. This is a profession, and it's important to have professionalism about the writing.”

People Thinking Writing Important Shows Inspiration Wall Ocean Window Profession Songwriting Show Me Professionalism Basements Cement Nantucket

Author:Nathaniel Philbrick

“Let America add Mexico to Texas, and pile Cuba upon Canada; let the English overswarm all India, and hang out their blazing banner from the sun; two thirds of this terraqueous globe are the Nantucketer's. For the sea is his; he owns it.”

Two America Sun Sea Thirds India Add Canada Hanging Out Texas Mexico Globes Cuba Sailor Banner Blazing Nantucket

Book:Moby-Dick

Source: Moby-Dick