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“I think I know the perfect prayer.” I twirled a dandelion before my face and closed my eyes. “God, give me exactly what I would ask for if I knew everything you know.” His eyes sparkled in response. “Brilliant.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, Lady Jayne Disappears

“Which is why books are such a lifeline. Stepping into the pages of someone else’s story means joining them in their normal life and pretending that you, for one liberating moment, will also become whole and healthy and wonderfully normal by the end.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano

“The weakest version of the real you is stronger than the best imitation of someone else.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, Finding Lady Enderly

“I've learned that a true hero is not an extraordinary man. He may not impress the world, but he so greatly changes hers. That makes him utterly heroic indeed.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, Finding Lady Enderly

“Every girl is bon with the ability to be herself. Many simply unlearn it because they do not like who that is, and they think no one else will either.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, Lady Jayne Disappears

“Do not be afraid to marry a man who's firmly planted to earth, for he is the flagpole to your flag - not restricting, but anchoring, so that you may be free to fly. In return, you shall decorate the dull gray metal of his life forevermore.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, The Love Note

“Make your heart a deep well of the Almighty by saturating yourself in his presence, and your words will come out drenched in him no matter what you say. I can promise you, no matter how many brilliant things you have to say, he has better ones.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, The Love Note

“Rich is the man who sees value in every person, even if there is none to be found.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, Lady Jayne Disappears

“People marry based on the scientific assumption that two halves make a whole, but that’s false. Only God makes something whole.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, The Love Note

“Too often we cut away essential elements of ourselves to fit into a mold and discover those elements were vital to who we are, and our improvements have only made us more ordinary.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, Lady Jayne Disappears

“Many people who go out looking for themselves will become lost, for they look outside themselves or inward, rather than up the the God we reflect. ~Diary of a Substitute Countess”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, Finding Lady Enderly

“Sometimes God wipes away man's pride in a burst of stormy power, but usually it's done quietly and gradually.' Like my weeks spent at Lynhurst, slowly evolving and changing me, one challenge and heartache at a time.
'He seems to answer prayers the same way, doesn't he? At least, he has with mine. Not in one big powerful move, but gradually so I don't notice until I've turned around and see that I have exactly what I need.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, Lady Jayne Disappears

“A few told snippets of her stories or described the healing touch of her hand, but none knew anything about the girl herself. How amazing, how humble, was this girl who broke herself into a million pieces and distributed them to anyone who had need.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano

“For a writer, revenge was best saved for an empty notebook where the pen was, indeed, a mighty weapon against her foes.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, Lady Jayne Disappears

“Perhaps it’s a risk, but I’m willing to take it. You see, I’ve just asked God for help in providing for my family, and I’m not about to go wasting his solution.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, A Rumored Fortune

“The secret to finding true love is not in discovering someone who will give it to you but learning how to give it.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, The Love Note

“Being created in God's image means we bear traces of him. He is our truest identity.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, Finding Lady Enderly

“Comparison is always an unfair battle because it pits your own reality against another woman’s façade. Always assume there is more to someone than what they show the world. ~Diary of a Substitute Countess”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, Finding Lady Enderly

“The best fruit arises from a hostile environment—harsh winters, dry soil, and unrelenting heat from the sun deepen a grape’s flavor and heighten its sweetness. Bearable conditions bring only mediocre fruit. —Notebook of a viticulturist”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, A Rumored Fortune

“Shame is reserved for those who disappoint God, not people.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, Lady Jayne Disappears

“She slept very well at night, owing to the fact that she never took her bitterness into bed with her.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, Lady Jayne Disappears

“Sometimes it’s a wonder God knows what to do with all our requests.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, Lady Jayne Disappears

“Dear one, I love you more than you know. I’ve seen everything you believe goes unnoticed, I’ve watched when you thought no one was looking, observed what exists below the surface. I know your strengths, and I know your weaknesses too. I even know that secret you hoped to keep from everyone. Yes, I know all of it, and I choose you in spite of—maybe because of—all those things. I choose those unbelievable strengths, those weaknesses you try to hide—every bit of it because it’s all you, my creation, and I choose you. Every day, every moment, I choose you. Dearest, if only you could see yourself from where I stand—how brave and unstoppable you would become.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, The Love Note

“Lean into it, strengthen it, fan that desire into flames and never let it go out. Allow yourself to feel that ache fully, driving you on until you’ve found the sort of true, authentic love that few truly have.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, The Love Note

“To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement. Saint Augustine of Hippo”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, The Love Note

“Thank you, Father. My soft heart gushed with praise. Thank you for bringing me to a helpless state so I might witness what you wanted to do.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, The Love Note

“Sovereignty—The sovereignty of God is a thing of utter beauty. But like any good piece of art, to fully appreciate its magnitude, one must step back and drink it in as a whole, seeing how the brushstrokes of little everyday occurrences all combine to create a larger picture. Blessed are those who have the opportunity to do so this side of heaven.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, The Love Note

“Like the ammenomie? That's the only one I know."
I paused and braced myself against the urge to giggle. "They're similar, I suppose." Stop it. Don't laugh. Enough poking this man for one day.
There was a slight pause. "You want to laugh, don't you?"
"I never said a thing."
"Go ahead, have your laugh." He shot me a playful look, eyes narrowed in fun. "Amenomie."
A laugh burst out, and I clapped a hand over my mouth. "I'm sorry, Gabe. I think no less of you, but I cannot help it."
He lifted his face that was not devoid of amusement. "Amenomie. Annennemonie. How do you say it, anyway? Amenenomenomie?”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, The Love Note

“I sighed a fluttering, breathy little sound. I couldn't help it.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, The Love Note

“Have a good cry into a cup of tea and come back in an hour.”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, The Love Note