Janepher

“That’s the way a prejudice works; you come to despise the people you’ve taken advantage of so your conscience doesn’t hurt.”
― Jerry Borrowman, Life and Death at Hoover Dam

“We knew this wasn’t going to be easy, but people before us have done it, and so can we. Nothing in this life is guaranteed. You make the best choices you can and try your hardest.” He paused. “I reckon we can trust God to take care of the rest.”
― Virginia Gaffney, On To Richmond

“Can’t run from hurt, Rose. You might miss some hurt, but you’ll also miss all the joys of livin’.”
― Virginia Gaffney, Storm Clouds Rolling In: 1860-1861

“For now, that means your life gonna be here on Cromwell Plantation. That leaves you only one thin’ to do. You gots to live as hard as you can where you be. You gots to look deep inside and find out all the thin’s you got to give the world. Then you got to give it. You can’t spend all your days lookin’ backward, and you can’t spend all your days lookin’ forward. It’s today that counts, Rose. Yous got to bloom where you be planted. God’s got you planted here for now.”
― Virginia Gaffney, Storm Clouds Rolling In: 1860-1861