Danielle Stewart > Quotes

“You've got my love the same way the ocean has the shore. It's always there - the tide can change, the sea can be rough, but somewhere the water always meets the sand. That never changes”
― Danielle Stewart

“Sometimes a hug is the only way to squeeze someone's worry away.”
― Danielle Stewart, Flowers in the Snow

“Every path has its puddles— yours seems to have a few land mines, too. It don’t make you any less than anyone else, it just makes what you have to do harder. Love that grows through adversity is stronger than any kind of regular love.”
― Danielle Stewart, Cutting Ties

“By being exactly who you are. When you see someone in pain, stop and help them. When you see someone alone, be a friend. Know there is value to every single life. The most important lesson I ever learned was that every single group of people, divided up however they like by race, religion, or beliefs, has in it the most wonderful, kind-hearted, peaceful, and loving people that you will be happy you met, and every single group of people, divided however they like by race, religion, or beliefs, has in it the poorest excuse for humans, and you will be sorry you met them. There is no way to know by looking at someone which type they are.”
― Danielle Stewart, Flowers in the Snow

“Trying to get her to understand is like trying to nail jelly to a tree.”
― Danielle Stewart, Chasing Justice

“That’s the lesson of my life; family is who you decide to love, not necessarily who you’re related to.”
― Danielle Stewart, Flowers in the Snow

“It won’t be easy. Right now you’re in the middle of the kind of heartbreak that is bone deep. It will come in waves and you’ll want to drown in it. You’ll promise yourself you won’t cry, and then you’ll break that promise a million times. But someday it will change. Your heart will begin to see vibrant colors again. Because grief is not a place to stay, it’s a doorway to pass through.”
― Danielle Stewart, Flowers in the Snow

“it was for my desire to fit into my skinny jeans. I was the warden in my own prison. That”
― Danielle Stewart, Chasing Justice

“Some things you can’t learn in books. You have to learn them from watching your mom.”
― Danielle Stewart, The Bend in Redwood Road

“Because grief is not a place to stay, it’s a doorway to pass through.”
― Danielle Stewart, Flowers in the Snow

“don’t open the door because you’re incapable. My mother told me you open the door for a woman because she deserves to make an entrance. I don’t walk closest to the traffic because I’m afraid you’ll swoon or get so distracted you’ll walk into the street. I do it because God forbid a car loses control, I’d want you to be safe. None of this is a reflection on your competence; it’s a testament to your worth. I believe women deserve to be treated special, because they are. I can’t put into words what the women in my life have done to shape me. I think that alone makes you all worth a little more.”
― Danielle Stewart, Hearts of Clover: Half My Heart & Change My Heart

“Different is the hardest thing to be sometimes.”
― Danielle Stewart, Flowers in the Snow

“Falling?” His bushy brows knit together as he finally turned his body toward Gwen. Her eyes focused for a brief moment on his gray wool hat. It looked soft. Something she wanted to reach out and touch, but she had no more control over her body than she had over the sunrise. It was separate from her. Uninterested in what she wanted. What she needed. Gwen was suddenly sorry she didn’t know this man’s name. Hadn’t bothered to learn anything about him in the last two months they’d been sitting beside each other.”
― Danielle Stewart, The Bend in Redwood Road

“family is who you decide to love, not necessarily who you’re related to.”
― Danielle Stewart, Flowers in the Snow

“There’s a big difference between a mother and a mama.”
― Danielle Stewart, Flowers in the Snow

“From the time I was a little girl, I held tight to my plans for college the way a skydiver grips their parachute's ripcord. It would be my salvation. The quiet corners of the library were going to be curative. The friendships, enduring. Lifelong. The learning would split open my world like nature cracking an egg, promising the birth of something new”
― Danielle Stewart, The Girl at the Party

“Winnie once said grief was the last connection you have to someone. The deeper the love shared the more cavernous the grief.”
― Danielle Stewart, Flowers in the Snow

“It’s funny how the mind can be selective in its archiving of memories.”
― Danielle Stewart, Flowers in the Snow

“Your mom and I have been talking a lot since I got back here. She’s been one of the only things keeping me sane. I was here the day she got the call. She was a wreck. I drove her and your father to the hospital. They were both emotional, and I was worried about them driving. Your dad’s back isn’t great yet.”
― Danielle Stewart, The Bend in Redwood Road

“I just woke up one day and decided it was exhausting being mad all the time. It’s easier to send love out into the world, because most of the time that’s what comes back to you.”
― Danielle Stewart, Settling Scores

“That’s how she knew it was completely acceptable to let the ghosts of the past possess you for a while, as long as you didn’t let them stay too long.”
― Danielle Stewart, Flowers in the Snow

“You can’t do things the right way and still win when the villains have no code. The only way to get anything done is to be just as wicked, but with righteous intentions.”
― Danielle Stewart, Chasing Justice

“A barista and a lawyer are not evenly matched. Not in their bank accounts. Public opinion. Not even self-worth. It wouldn't be David and Goliath if I squared up with her. It would be more like David and God.”
― Danielle Stewart, The Girl at the Party

“My great grandmamma used to say the way people treat their kids is a reflection of how they feel about themselves,” Winnie offered, as she seemed to give the boy more thought.”
― Danielle Stewart, Flowers in the Snow

“Corrine has the energy of a woman desperate to please. As though she's eager to do something she feels is worthy again. I want to tell her that being a mother, a good one, is more valuable than anything on this planet. As a woman raised by terrible parents, I can attest to how much damage they can do”
― Danielle Stewart, The Girl at the Party

“Blind faith in the system was the mistake I'd made for too long. The system often fails and it takes someone advocating for the victim to get anything done”
― Danielle Stewart, The Girl at the Party

“Perseverance is the most attractive trait in the world to me”
― Danielle Stewart, The Girl at the Party

“No,” Autumn said adamantly. “No it’s Charlie.” Jamie moved toward her and sat again on the coffee table. He reached for her hands, but she recoiled, not wanting him to take the phone. He tried again, but this time more gently, so she couldn’t help but allow him to rest his hand on hers. “You’re right,” he agreed. “I”
― Danielle Stewart, The Goodbye Storm

“They were mutually exclusive ideas.”
― Danielle Stewart, Cutting Ties

“I don’t keep secrets from my husband,” Winnie said, planting a kiss on his cheek. “I just bother him until he lets me do things my way, like any good marriage.”
― Danielle Stewart, Flowers in the Snow