Readerswhofeeldeeply Quotes

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When he got to his feet, the miasma lingered. It came to Shane that he could never remove Jesse from his conscience because he would never be able to forgive himself if he did. Without question, there were some sins that could not be forgiven.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

“Coincidence is God's way of showing He cares.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

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She'd been freed from weakness by summoning the courage and strength to live and to love. She felt the thrill of freedom, freedom to do as she wished and as she was driven.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

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I'm not the one to forgive you, Lois. You have to forgive yourself, and your father.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

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I loved it best in the winter, especially during what my father called the Harvest Moon, when the tide rises and recedes almost simultaneously.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

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It happened every time she painted, when she knew her eyes were seeing something she couldn’t see but was about to come to the canvass, first from wherever and then from her heart and at last from her hands.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

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Transported into a world whose existence she'd denied. She found herself in a domain of churchlike stillness where life wasn't bound to the trauma of the past but gave way to the present in a wave of hope that could carry her into a tomorrow where guilt, regret and fear gave way to promise.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

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How many times had she heard her father tread on the old baseball analogy, if you don't swing at the third strike, there's no chance of hitting the ball.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

“Being born upside-down was just the first irony in Suzanne's life, a forewarning that her struggle with existence had just begun.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

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It was a letter that described someone’s misfortunes so vividly that the recipient of the letter would feel better about his or her own misfortunes.”
― Ashby Jones, The Little Bird