“In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it.”
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“Because sometimes we fall in love with a face and not what’s behind it. My mother used to pour the grease off the meat when she cooked, and she stored it in a tin the cupboard. For a while, she used a tin that had once held those long, praline-covered cookies with hazelnut crème inside. The expensive ones? More than once I got that tin down thinking I’d found my mom’s secret stash, only to take off the lid and see smelly mounds of grease.” Elliott laughed, getting the point. “The container didn’t matter much at that point, huh?” “That’s right. It made me want cookies, but that container was major false advertising. I think sometimes a beautiful face is false advertising too, and too many of us don’t take the time to look beneath the lid. ….”
― Making Faces
― Making Faces
“You see beauty in things other people just take for granted. You need understanding, and, and…deep conversation, and someone who can keep up with that mind of yours!”
― Running Barefoot
― Running Barefoot
“Think about it. There isn't heartache if there hasn't been joy. I wouldn't feel loss of there hadn't been love.”
― Making Faces
― Making Faces
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