Maggie Miller > Quotes

“I don’t like people.” “You like people just fine. What you don’t like is the thought of starting to care about someone and then losing them.”
― Maggie Miller, Last Summer at the Beach House: Feel Good Beachy Women's Fiction

“Loneliness was one of the three great downfalls of getting old. The other two were becoming invisible and being forgotten.”
― Maggie Miller, Shifting Sands at the Beach House: Feel Good Beachy Women's Fiction

“Deciding to take care of yourself was a big deal. Putting that plan into action took work and dedication and perseverance.”
― Maggie Miller, The Wedding

“If there’s anything I’ve learned as I’ve gotten older, it’s to love who I am as a person and how easy it is to be content with whatever life brings me. Doesn’t mean I’ve always been walking on sunshine. Life has been very hard at times. But I’ve still had that inner peace that comes from knowing who I am. Being secure in my faith helps too.”
― Maggie Miller, Gulf Coast Wedding

“Katie had”
― Maggie Miller, The Dream

“love when God’s plan is greater than human scheming.” “We’re all really happy for”
― Maggie Miller, Gulf Coast Wedding

“I don’t know exactly how to put it into words, but all of my life I’ve had this feeling like I was homesick for a place I’d never been.”
― Maggie Miller, The Secret

“In my experience, time doesn’t heal the loss of a loved one. It changes the way we feel to some extent, teaches us how to compartmentalize the pain to a certain degree, but all it takes is a familiar scent or sound or memory to bring that pain right back as fresh and piercing as it was the first time.”
― Maggie Miller, The Secret Keeper

“A palm tree came down on top of”
― Maggie Miller, Gulf Coast Sunsets

“One day they were babies on your hip, the next they were driving.”
― Maggie Miller, Gulf Coast Wedding

“This place has such a different vibe than Ohio. It’s much…freer. Which isn’t exactly what I mean, but it’s close. People seem nicer. More concerned about those around them than themselves, too.” He nodded. “It’s just a different way of life here.”
― Maggie Miller, The Escape

“I”
― Maggie Miller, Warm Waves at the Beach House

“nodded. “She didn’t have much tolerance for able slackers or willful idiots. Her words.”
― Maggie Miller, Gulf Coast Cottage

“As I type it, I end up layering in description and emotion, action sometimes, or some introspection. It’s a great technique. And not one I use often enough.”
― Maggie Miller, The Rule Breaker: Feel Good Beachy Women's Fiction

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― Maggie Miller, The Island

“rewards were almost always worth the risk, and not to be too afraid of risk for that reason.”
― Maggie Miller, The Secret

“Spread the meringue over the filling and bake about 15 minutes until it turns golden. Cool completely, then serve.”
― Maggie Miller, Sunsets At The Beach House: Feel Good Beachy Women's Fiction

“Happiness was a choice. And while that mindset might be harder to maintain in this situation, she could at least choose not to sink into a deep, dark place of terrible thoughts and awful what ifs.”
― Maggie Miller, Gulf Coast Sunsets