Jessica L. Randall > Quotes

“An old house is alive with ghosts.  Each person that lived there made some kind of mark;  if not in the choice of paint or cabinetry, then in a ding in the wall, a faucet with the handles installed backward, or a name carved out in the wallpaper behind the bed in secret.  In some way, each voice that wandered its rooms whispers, “I was here.”
― Jessica L. Randall, The Obituary Society

“Fall was an elderly person who noticed every detail, every childish laugh, and relished in every delight, aware that her life cycle would soon come to an end.”
― Jessica L. Randall, The Obituary Society

“An old house is alive with ghosts. Each person that lived there made some kind of mark; if not in the choice of paint or cabinetry, then in a ding in the wall, a faucet with the handles installed backward, or a name carved out in the wallpaper behind the bed in secret. In some way, each voice that wandered its rooms whispers, “I was here.”
― Jessica L. Randall, The Obituary Society

“friends who would sit by your side and drink the lemonade with or without the sugar, all the way to the end.”
― Jessica L. Randall, The Obituary Society

“I told you she was a tea cake short of a garden party,”
― Jessica L. Randall, The Obituary Society

“People here used real, and often fresh ingredients. Taking extra time to create a dish was a way of showing love.”
― Jessica L. Randall, The Obituary Society

“Sometimes things that are the most trouble are the most worthwhile.”
― Jessica L. Randall, The Obituary Society

“To being somewhere you never expected to be, and having no idea where you’re going.”
― Jessica L. Randall, The Obituary Society

“Partly it was because people here didn’t just know a person. They knew the whole family tree from the roots up, and each individual was one branch of a complicated system.”
― Jessica L. Randall, The Obituary Society

“them against the world. There was a bond there,”
― Jessica L. Randall, The Obituary Society

“hair”
― Jessica L. Randall, The Obituary Society

“Taking extra time to create a dish was a way of showing love.”
― Jessica L. Randall, The Obituary Society

“But the bad thing about a shower was unless you were singing, you were thinking, and I was through with thinking. So I sang as I scrubbed shampoo and conditioner into my hair. I hummed as I soaped up. Then I forced myself to get out.”
― Jessica L. Randall, You Are Mine: An Alien Romance

“When I see you, I feel like I’ve been away from home for a long time, and I just came back to a home-cooked meal and my own bed. Only there are a million tiny ants in my bed, biting me, because you make me nervous and crazy. What I mean is, you belong here . . . with me.”
― Jessica L. Randall, The Obituary Society

“Her grandpa had once told her ‘the simpler the package, the better the product.’ Come to think of it, the phrase could apply to a lot of things, or people, in life.”
― Jessica L. Randall, The Obituary Society

“The paint had faded to an odd shade over the years, and had cracked and peeled until it resembled a tired showgirl who had seen better days.”
― Jessica L. Randall, The Obituary Society

“He was only doing this to make his grandma happy. And he wasn’t really the kind of guy she was looking for. But he had a way of drawing her in without trying.”
― Jessica L. Randall, The Obituary Society

“the simpler the package, the better the product.’ Come to think of it, the phrase could apply to a lot of things, or people, in life.”
― Jessica L. Randall, The Obituary Society

“sank into”
― Jessica L. Randall, The Stranger's Obituary