He was the kind of beautiful that drew you in before you even considered the fact that beautiful things can be poisonous.
“Starling House was no longer just a house. What had begun as stone and mortar had become something more, with ribs for rafters and stone for skin. It has no heart, but it feels; it has no brain, but it dreams.”
― Starling House
― Starling House
“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”
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“Life is messy and terrible and wonderful, all at the same time.”
― Under the Whispering Door
― Under the Whispering Door
“I am not God—nor do I desire to be—but, being privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in this town, I have a rather good idea what secrets might be recorded, then later revealed, if more women took up the pen.”
― The Frozen River
― The Frozen River
“Survival is a hard habit to break.”
― Starling House
― Starling House
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