Writing something for publication caused a small conflict for her, which had kept her from submitting her poems. Her words in print would make her both a public and a private woman. She hadn’t yet shared that concern with anyone, including
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“Anger had always been a secondary emotion anyway. That’s what her mother had once told her, that fury rode on a fast horse charging through a relationship, trampling right over loss, disappointment, and grief. And if one wasn’t careful, wrath crushed love too. “Pay attention to those forgotten feelings when you lose your temper, Jenny. Those are the trio of emotions that if not recognized and dealt with, will surely bring a soul down and make ire the driving force in your days. Wounds must grow new flesh.”
― Something Worth Doing: A Novel of an Early Suffragist
― Something Worth Doing: A Novel of an Early Suffragist
“The things nearby, not the things afar Not what we seem but what we are These are the things that make or break that give the heart its joy or ache.”
― Something Worth Doing: A Novel of an Early Suffragist
― Something Worth Doing: A Novel of an Early Suffragist
“Will God send the wind?” Gwen asked when Thomas joined them. “If it pleases Him,” Thomas said. “And often it pleases Him to answer the prayers of the faithful.” “Does He not always answer prayers?” “I believe He does,” Thomas said. “But ’tis not always the answer we seek.” “I do not understand.” “The Lord knows what is best for us. He orders things according to His will and in such a way as will prosper us. Sometimes that means His answer to our prayer is no and sometimes it is ‘not yet.”
― Freedom's Price
― Freedom's Price
“Indeed. But worry is a sign of a lack of trust. Praying does more than worrying ever will.”
― Freedom's Price
― Freedom's Price
“Writing something for publication caused a small conflict for her, which had kept her from submitting her poems. Her words in print would make her both a public and a private woman. She hadn’t yet shared that concern with anyone, including Ben. Writing had become a balm, different from being a reader.”
― Something Worth Doing: A Novel of an Early Suffragist
― Something Worth Doing: A Novel of an Early Suffragist
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