“She criticized, “There are no excuses for why it could not be better. The devil’s in the details,” Viola tried to teach him. That made him mad and she heard him mutter, “Now’s I know why they call you Mrs. Rough-ner!” He went out and used hand scissors for the edges making the yard crisp and pleasant for all to see. Then, Viola just had to smile to herself because she guessed she had pushed him to his limit! But at last, the task was perfect and then, right after that, he left their home again.”
― The Viola Factor
― The Viola Factor
“Why bother Her?’ What will change the echoes from my heart encapsulated into words for ears? Maybe the hope or belief that will be heard and felt by heart and soul from past lives, or will it become the dream of an actual one?”
― Just Love Her
― Just Love Her
“They loved me, taught me,
and encouraged me.
A safe place to be on Sunday morning,
and a nice place to meet God.”
― Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir
and a nice place to meet God.”
― Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir
“I wouldn't intentionally hurt anyone in this world. I wouldn't hurt them physically or emotionally, how then can people so consistently do it to me?”
― Go Ask Alice
― Go Ask Alice
“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.”
― Dracula
― Dracula
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