Leslee Lamb

“Could I be your girl, too?" I asked quickly.
The large, broad-shouldered man looked away before he answered. "Well, now," he said, as though he had given it deep thought, "I sure do think I would like that."
"But," I said, concerned that he hadn't noticed, "I don't look like your other girls."
"You mean because you white?"
I nodded.
"Abinia," he said, pointing toward the chickens, "you look at those birds. Some of them be brown, some of them be white and black. Do you think when they little chicks, those mamas and papas care about that?”
― Kathleen Grissom, The Kitchen House

“I might screw up, I might embarrass you, I might yell at you, but I will never, ever stop loving you. You're my first born. The first time I held you... I fell in love so hard it cracked my bones.”
― Kristin Hannah, Home Front

“Marriages go through hard times. Sometimes you have to get in there and fight for your love. That's the only way for it to get better.”
― Kristin Hannah, Home Front

“I know about forgiving people and loving them anyway, even after they hurt you.”
― Kristin Hannah, Home Front