Deirdre Megan Byrd
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“For every life I can’t save during my shift, one more drop of blood becomes a part of me. No matter how many times I wash my hands, our martyrs’ blood seeps beneath my skin, into my cells. By now it’s probably encoded in my DNA.”
― As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
― As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
“Darkness and I were friends. His fear was so palpable I could taste it. It was like an acrid tang in the air that danced on my tongue, and I reveled in the shivers it sent down my body.”
― Shattered Reflections
― Shattered Reflections
“Don’t focus on the darkness and sadness,” she says, and I glance up at her. She smiles warmly. “If you do, you won’t see the light even if it’s staring you in the face.”
― As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
― As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
“We held our heads high and planted lemon trees in acts of defiance, praying that when they came for us, it’d be a bullet to the head. Because that was far more merciful than what awaited in the bowels of their prison system.”
― As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
― As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
“The world takes us to a silver screen on which flickering images of passion and romance play, and as we watch, the world says, “This is love.” God takes us to the foot of a tree on which a naked and bloodied man hangs and says, “This is love.”
― I Kissed Dating Goodbye
― I Kissed Dating Goodbye
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