Amanda Flower > Quotes

“I blinked at Colin. He was like a walking Wiki site.”
― Amanda Flower, Andi Unexpected

“I do have to say that every year this event gets better and better. It's hard to top myself but somehow I manage.”
― Amanda Flower, Andi Unexpected

“Ruby Carne later to be married and become Ruby Masters. I moved to Tupelo and watched and waited for my opportunity.”
― Amanda Flower, A Plain Malice

“She said it was impossible for me not to assume that every new person I met would be kind and reasonable because of my Midwestern heritage. That might be true. I didn’t expect it, but I hoped for it. I didn’t see anything wrong with hoping for kindness in the world.”
― Amanda Flower, Assaulted Caramel

“I suppose that’s why summer is so precious to us. The spring is unpredictable and can be ripped away by a whim of the wind.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“Many things have been opened by mistake, but none as frequently as the mouth.”
― Amanda Flower, Courting Can Be Killer

“Sometimes you can make yourself do things that are good for you when you believe you’re doing them for someone you love. The benefit comes without selfishness then.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“Love always finds a home in the heart of a friend.”
― Amanda Flower, Matchmaking Can Be Murder

“When you speak, always remember that Gott is one of your listeners,’ ” I quoted.”
― Amanda Flower, Matchmaking Can Be Murder

“No one wants to be the one left behind. Everyone wants to be the first to go, so that you can avoid the sting of separation.”
― Amanda Flower, The Final Reveille

“Flowers on the wall remind me spring will come even in the deepest trench of winter. Flowers are hope, you see.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“I don’t think buttons should automatically release someone from suspicion of murder.” “No, I suppose not.” He sighed as if this was a major failing of our modern society.”
― Amanda Flower, The Final Reveille

“We all make mistakes. It’s what you do with those mistakes that matters. There is always a second chance and an opportunity to make better choices.”
― Amanda Flower, Matchmaking Can Be Murder

“People always kill what they do not understand. It makes them feel powerful.”
― Amanda Flower, I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died

“He said the word “women” like being such a creature was a fate worse than death.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“Because we must see beauty in the darkness to make our way through. The good Lord gave us this beauty to sustain us, without it we have nothing... We grow accustomed to the Dark, Emily whispered, "when Light is put away.”
― Amanda Flower, I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died

“Aren't we all descendants of foreigners at this table? Emily asked. Not a single one of us is an Indian, correct?”
― Amanda Flower, I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died

“We all make mistakes. It’s what you do with those mistakes that matters.”
― Amanda Flower, Matchmaking Can Be Murder

“A mother is a gardener of God, tending to the hearts of her children,”
― Amanda Flower, Matchmaking Can Be Murder

“think everyone would be much happier if they minded their own lives instead of the lives of others.”
― Amanda Flower, Candy Cane Crime

“Everyone should have their own singular passion that is unattached to any other person. Without it, life becomes a cycle of serving others’ passions. That’s not much of a life at all.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“getting older wasn’t for wimps.”
― Amanda Flower, Courting Can Be Killer

“Protecting the children from the truth doesn’t help. Showing what the world is really like is the only way to truly encourage them to change it.”
― Amanda Flower, I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died

“we must see beauty in the darkness to make our way through. The good Lord gave us this beauty to sustain us, without it we have nothing.”
― Amanda Flower, I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died

“She gave out advice like Amish Kettle Corn.”
― Amanda Flower, Lemon Drop Dead

“We agreed on the estimate and the fund draw schedule. We have a contract. I shouldn’t have to put more money into the project than was agreed upon.”
― Amanda Flower, Blueberry Blunder

“I straightened my spine. “You can try, but I already had an attorney look over the contract, and he said I’m within my rights to let you go. I have plenty of documentation proving there’s been no action on the jobsite in weeks. If anything, I could sue you”
― Amanda Flower, Blueberry Blunder

“A poem will have a hundred meanings. A story has just one.”
― Amanda Flower, I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died

“Sometimes you can make yourself do things that are good for you when you believe you’re doing them for someone you love. The benefit comes without selfishness then. The best part of having a pet is having someone to think of other than yourself, having someone who depends on you.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“It is all right to mourn something that is not to be”
― Amanda Flower, I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died