Velma

“Daddy didn’t say anything for a minute or so, and then he reached up and caught a firefly as it glowed beside him. “See this light?” he asked me when the firefly lit up his hand. “Yes’r.” “That light is bright enough to light up a little speck of the night sky so a man can see it a ways away. That’s what God expects us to do. We’re to be lights in the dark, cold days that are this world. Like fireflies in December.”
― Jennifer Erin Valent, Fireflies in December

“Now I think, if this was my last day on earth, was it a worthwhile way to spend it?”
― Carla Laureano, Five Days in Skye

“I can take two people, throw a world of obstacles at them, defy the odds, and still give them a happily-ever-after. Together. I am a romance author. What's your superpower?”
― Kelly Moran

“Denver had taught me that to love a man enough to help him, you have to forfeit the warm, self-righteous glow that comes from judging.”
― Ron Hall, What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing