Amelia C. Adams > Quotes

“You see, God has given us all the clues we need in a complex mystery, and we just need to figure it out. Along the way, we learn, and we become better people”
― Amelia C. Adams, A Clean Slate

“falling in love is like finding the other half of yourself.”
― Amelia C. Adams, Accidental Agent

“That was to find the joy in everything. If I had to deal with a cranky customer, find the good in them. If I got a flat tire, look for the possible blessing in it.” “That kind of sounds like Pollyanna,” Abby said. She’d never really cared for that movie. It was a little too . . . glad. “It does in a way, but it goes deeper than that,” Reggie replied. “It has to do with looking for purpose and understanding that our lives intersect with other people’s lives in a way that’s very real. If I’m angry, and I take it out on someone who might not even know what I’m angry about, I’m allowing the ripple of my anger to go outward and hurt other people. But if I can take it and deal with it and stop it before it travels outward, I’ve helped pull a little bit of the negative out of this world.” He”
― Amelia C. Adams, Delivering Destiny

“he always hated the expectation that he had to come up with something really fascinating to say and manage to eat at the same time. He couldn’t multi-task like that.”
― Amelia C. Adams, Delivering Destiny

“she wasn’t sure she knew him well enough yet to be sharing information like staircases. Staircases usually happened much farther along in a relationship, before light switches and after middle names and favorite colors. She stood outside”
― Amelia C. Adams, Poinsettia Promises

“Jeanette nodded, knowing her friend spoke truth. Darkness might be all around them, but they were being given the opportunity to turn it into light.”
― Amelia C. Adams, Sea of Strangers

“Her grandparents had demonstrated that kind of devotion too—her grandfather brought home a small bundle of wildflowers every Friday, and her grandmother made his favorite cake for Monday night dessert. Those little rituals, those little acts that reflected their deeper feelings—they made Miriam sigh.”
― Amelia C. Adams, A Stitch in Time

“Kitty looked fit to wring a chicken’s neck.”
― Amelia C. Adams, A Stitch in Time

“How can people be so cruel to each other? How do they lose their humanity to such an extent that the thought of hurting another person seems . . . desirable to them?”
― Amelia C. Adams, Sea of Strangers

“Was she really so unable to accept rejection that she’d destroy what she had before it could destroy her?”
― Amelia C. Adams, A Stitch in Time

“Celeste turned to Lindy. “Did you hear that? He says my muscles are squishy. I can’t decide if I should be offended.” He held up both hands. “You’re the one who used the word squishy. I never said that.” Lindy smirked. “It was implied.” “I implied that as the muscles become toned, they’ll hold the adjustment better. That’s all I’m committing to.” “I’ll do the stretches,” Celeste promised. “And I’ll become less squishy.”
― Amelia C. Adams, Scented Sensibility

“Humility. Nothing from beyond ourselves can speak to us if we’re too wrapped up in ourselves. Confucius didn’t say that—I did.”
― Amelia C. Adams, Poinsettia Promises

“Thirty seconds! And do you know how nuts I can drive myself in thirty seconds? It’s one of my many gifts.”
― Amelia C. Adams, Delivering Destiny