Adell Backman

“Forgiveness, therefore, is key. I can’t write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing.”
― Ann Patchett, This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

“If the old lady were fifty years younger, she would deck her.”
― Marilyn Dalla Valle, Westwind Secrets

“pictured that one Indian man I stood so close to I could hear his breathing, and those filthy, awful men I killed, and I know Indians aren’t no dirtier than any white folks and cleaner than some. Not stupid, either. But I saved my breath. The likes of her isn’t going to listen nor be changed in the mind just from hearing sense. Some people sense is wasted on and that’s purely a fact.”
― Nancy E. Turner, These Is My Words

“Let the generations know that women in uniform also guaranteed their freedom.”
― Ammar Habib, Mary Edwards Walker: America's Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient