Gretchen Louise

“Here all these years I thought that I was doing the right thing, staying with an abusive man for the sake of my daughters, but I saw now that even at nine years old my daughter knew that it was wrong for me to stay. She could see that I deserved more -- that I wasn't created to live a life of sorrow at the hands of a man who despised me.”
― Kelly Nielson, I'll Fly Away

“One thing I had come to learn over the years was that you could never judge a book by its cover. People were seldom what they seemed to be on the outside.”
― Ashley Weaver, The Key to Deceit

“You're prettier every time I see you. You got yourself a husband yet, lovie?"
I smiled. "No, not yet."
"Well, there's time enough for that. I've always been of a mind that a person should wait until they find the right one. No sense rushing into things. I've made that mistake often enough to know.”
― Ashley Weaver, The Key to Deceit

“I had given up religion for a relationship and now walk confidently in my Father's footsteps and take great delight in knowing that despite all of my sins and failings, He loves me just as I am -- I don't have to earn His love but just accept it.”
― Kelly Nielson, I'll Fly Away