Jo M

“I waited once to kiss you and almost lost my chance. I waited for the war to end before asking you to marry me, and you nearly died. If the war's taught me anything at all, it's that life is short. I won't waste any more of it waiting for you.”
― Julie Berry, Lovely War

“How did one nation produce both humble souls and killers?”
― Julie Berry, Lovely War

“I cried then, the great sobs wracking my whole body. I remembered the last time that I had wept, and how the little boy in my embrace had reached up awkwardly , and yet tenderly to brush away my tears " you did good, Teacher," he had whispered. And now the small boy had passed beyond- so young to journey on alone. But then I remembered that he hadn't traveled alone- not one step of the way, for as soon as the loving hands had released him there, another Hand had reached out to gently take him. I tried to visualize him entering the new Land , the excitement and eagerness shining forth on his face, the cheers rising from the shrill little voice. There would be no pain twisting his face now, no need to hold his head and rock back and forth. Joy and happiness would surround him. I could almost hear his words as he looked at the glories of heaven and gave the Father his jubilant ovation-" You did good, God; You did real good!”
― Janette Oke, When Calls the Heart

“The war, she saw, killed more than those whose families received telegrams.”
― Julie Berry, Lovely War