21 quotes found
“The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.”
“We are given to the great, for great purpose, to great ends. We are given to the grave, for grave purposes, to grave ends.”
“THAT crazed girl improvising her music.Her poetry, dancing upon the shore,Her soul in division from itselfClimbing, falling She knew not where,Hiding amid the cargo of a steamship,Her knee-cap brok...”
“. . . I could't get lost in the story, not the way you need to be, to become somebody else.”
“It had been a long, dull day at Jackson without Hurrican Lena, and I was starting to wonder how I ever got through eight periods without all the trouble she caused me. Without all the trouble she m...”
“The weather had changed, all right. Gatlin had never seen a storm like this. And she probably didn't even know it was raining.”
“God created all things. It's men who decide which ones are mistakes.”
“Beauty is discernible in your fleeting moments. When you talk; in a smile or a blink of your eye; beauty is discernible. I can feel it in the skin of your nape when I kiss it. You must know how to ...”
“We are all beautiful creation of God.”
“Her voice, unfolding like a tiny bright memory in the darkest, furthest corner of my mind.”
“Her eyes were like the sea before a storm on the Carolina coast.”
“There is beauty in the soul of every man.”
“She didn't want to go far, just out of the trees so she could see the stars. They always eased her loneliness. She thought of them as beautiful creatures, burning and cold; each solitary, and bleak...”
“Coming into your powers can be a very confusing time. Perhaps there is a book on the subject. If you like, we can go see Marian."Yeah, right. Choices and Changes. A Modern Girl's Guide to Casting. ...”
“If you could imagine the color of anger, it had been splashed over every wall. Rage, something dense and seething, was hanging from every chandelier, resentment woven into thick carpets padding the...”
“Suddenly the look in Norahs eyes changed. The nervous air she had walked in with, lifted from her face. Her eyes closed slightly and then opened wide, revealing pools of chocolate confidence. The c...”
“We must have clean air and water, and beautiful natural foods for everyone, everywhere.”
“Too much time will do that to you. Blur the edges between your memories and your imagination until everything feels like something you saw in a movie instead of your life.”
“Suddenly the look in Norah’s eyes changed. The nervous air she had walked in with, lifted from her face. Her eyes closed slightly and then opened wide, revealing pools of chocolate confidence. The ...”