“what I know in my heart is a mystery beyond human comprehension. Perhaps the most important truth I’ve learned across the whole of my life is that it’s only when I yield to the river and embrace the journey that I find peace.”
― This Tender Land
― This Tender Land
“Our eyes perceive so dimly, and our brains are so easily confused. Far better, I believe, to be like children and open ourselves to every beautiful possibility, for there is nothing our hearts can imagine that is not so.”
― This Tender Land
― This Tender Land
“This big ol' world and we only get to go through it once. The saddest thing there is, you ask me.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“Girls with fire in their bellies will be forced to drink from a well of correction till the flames die out.
But my tongue stirred anyway. I stepped into view and threw something of my own.”
― What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky
But my tongue stirred anyway. I stepped into view and threw something of my own.”
― What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky
“If we were perfect, the light he shines on us would just bounce right off. But the wrinkles, they catch the light. And the cracks, that’s how the light gets inside us. When I pray, Odie, I never pray for perfection. I pray for forgiveness, because it’s the one prayer I know will always be answered.”
― This Tender Land
― This Tender Land
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