Emilee

“There's a million different versions of religion"- Caleb"s voice was country twang and solid resolve - "all based on whether or not we're good enough. Christianity is for the man who can admit he's hopeless.”
― Bethany Kaczmarek, Strains of Silence

“This whole exchange is better when two people do it. it's called 'kissing'. It's when your lips speak what your heart feels. Or have you forgotten how? I laughed. I might have. It's been a long time.”
― Charles Martin, Send Down the Rain

“You may be a bit presumptuous, Miss Woodhart, and may lack certain habits of good etiquette. But in dancing, you exceed many—and in loveliness, I have known no equal.”
― Hannah Linder, Beneath His Silence

“He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul. I found it strange that the good Lord’s words was so true. Here I was, layin down under his green pastures, and right beside the gentle ripplin water of the Indian River. I held on to the good Lord’s words and, oddly enough, I stopped chillin. I guessed they was such good words that they warmed my heart.”
― Cindy K. Sproles, Liar's Winter: An Appalachian Novel