J.R. Biery > Quotes

“She stared at him and swallowed. The laugh had been so real, so deep. This was the man she had married. She didn't need food. She could live forever on the warm glow in his eyes.”
― J.R. Biery, From Darkness to Glory

“Phillip felt her pressed against him, so small and helpless. She was clinging so tightly that he couldn't see her head. The wild ride had shaken the little hat loose and it lay with its brave blue feather on the floor of the buckboard. He breathed deeply, his own panic subsiding. Alone, he would have been unafraid of the Indians. But she was so, he couldn't find the words, but he knew how he had felt at the thought of an Indian harming her. The road emerged”
― J.R. Biery, From Darkness to Glory

“And among all the light she saw the warm glow of love in the golden brown of his eyes and felt at peace. Finally she was safe. Phillip had brought her from darkness to glory once again.”
― J.R. Biery, From Darkness to Glory

“Once again she realized she had married a handsome man. His brown eyes smiled and she blushed. It amazed her how just his smile could make her heart race.”
― J.R. Biery, From Darkness to Glory

“She had always been proud when her father bragged”
― J.R. Biery, From Darkness to Glory

“Tears pricked the back of her eyelids. It wasn’t the romantic love story of her parents, but maybe what they had was enough. Finally, everything would be all right between them.”
― J.R. Biery, From Darkness to Glory

“Bread is like a living thing, you must handle it with love, roll and shape it with firm hands so it will become what you want, but most importantly, you must keep guard against the many calamities that can ruin it.”
― J.R. Biery, Tangled Spurs: Sequel to The Milch Bride

“Love isn’t an age or a bank account. A lot of times it depends on fate putting the right one in your path at the right time.”
― J.R. Biery, Reluctant Groom: Sequel to the Milch Bride

“The way she said his name made his heart turn over. It was an echo of the way his mother always spoke to him, his name said with rich warmth and special affection. Her hand reached out toward him, and only after”
― J.R. Biery, From Darkness to Glory

“as he added butter, milk, and a dollop of molasses to her oatmeal,”
― J.R. Biery, Widow Mouse

“God always provided if you took your time to look around.”
― J.R. Biery, Widow Mouse

“ABOUT THE AUTHOR I’m a retired teacher who loves to write fiction. When I was little, my mother was always telling me to “come here and close that book right now.” She wanted to convince me to stop wasting time reading and would add, “You know those books are all lies.” As a writer, I am always making up stories. I find the lies of fiction help me find structure and truth in all the confusion of real life.”
― J.R. Biery, The Milch Bride

“Phillip's head hurt from thinking. All he wanted was to make a safe home for his wife, to have the kind of life he had known as a boy in which to raise their children. Slowly he dismounted, tossing the reins over the porch rail as he stepped up onto the small square doorstep.”
― J.R. Biery, From Darkness to Glory

“From time to time she felt his eyes on her, wondered what he was thinking. Finally hunger made her eat, although she refused the wine he offered. So this was marriage. She had survived the journey west, but how could she ever survive life with this wild Montana man.”
― J.R. Biery, From Darkness to Glory

“From Darkness to Glory is a western romance about the journey and adventures of a mail-order bride who leaves her job and family as a factory girl to travel to Montana and marry a gun-slinger. ”
― J.R. Biery, From Darkness to Glory

“He leaned forward, pulled her hands down, squeezing gently. How could a man deal with a wife who had such a tender heart?”
― J.R. Biery, From Darkness to Glory

“Mama had always told her, “the key to happiness is to accept your troubles are no worse than the next man’s, only different, and your blessings never fewer, only different.”
― J.R. Biery, Widow Mouse