Alissa

“Ain't no way to change the world for the better if you can't stand up for what's right when everyone else is wrong.”
― Jennifer Erin Valent, Fireflies in December

“She gave a short laugh to throw him off track. "It so happens I am a trifle more sophisticated than that. I hardly go about mooning and cultivating romantic notions of heroic knights sweeping me away to unknown isles aboard stolen ships."
He smiled. "A knight rode a horse, my dear; he was not a sea captain.”
― Linda Lee Chaikin, Under Eastern Stars

“But those of us left behind viewed life more dearly, felt it more keenly. I'd learned a bit more about God, and I'd seen His powerful hands at work. As I was growing, my heart was changing, and the way I figured it, there were lessons learned in those dark days that would help me for years to come. In fact, they were lessons that would help us all in years to come.”
― Jennifer Erin Valent, Fireflies in December

“I need you, Bailey. Only you.”
― Karen Kingsbury, Longing