BrendaLee

“You shouldn't let the voices of your past or present define who you are. Let God do that. And he says you're precious." His eyes moved in a mesmerizing sort of back-and-forth motion, his pupils large in the dim stairwell. "So think of yourself that way, Mercy.”
― Melissa Jagears, A Chance at Forever

“He apparently preferred dark eyes to ready smiles. Sarcasm to sweetness. Codebreakers to secretaries.”
― Roseanna M. White, The Number of Love

“She could only sit and stare at the man she'd once thought the world would be better off without.What would have happened had someone chosen to love him as a child despite his behavior or showered him with the prayers she'd thought he didn't deserve?

She couldn't imagine he'd have turned out better, but he'd probably have less guilt and shame to deal with, and fewer people would have been hurt.

A Chance at Forever
Melissa Jagears”
― Melissa Jagears, A Chance at Forever

“He's still there, unchanged, even when we can't feel Him. When the grief's too loud to let us hear His voice.”
― Roseanna M. White, The Number of Love