Stacey

“But I have learned this. In every wound, there is a gift. Even the self-inflicted ones.”
― Barbara Davis, The Echo of Old Books

“Ruth handed her a slice of bacon, as if that would fix everything, which it nearly did, judging by the look on her face.”
― Mary Ellen Taylor, The Brighter the Light

“The things nearby, not the things afar Not what we seem but what we are These are the things that make or break that give the heart its joy or ache.”
― Jane Kirkpatrick, Something Worth Doing: A Novel of an Early Suffragist

“Anger had always been a secondary emotion anyway. That’s what her mother had once told her, that fury rode on a fast horse charging through a relationship, trampling right over loss, disappointment, and grief. And if one wasn’t careful, wrath crushed love too. “Pay attention to those forgotten feelings when you lose your temper, Jenny. Those are the trio of emotions that if not recognized and dealt with, will surely bring a soul down and make ire the driving force in your days. Wounds must grow new flesh.”
― Jane Kirkpatrick, Something Worth Doing: A Novel of an Early Suffragist