Jessica

“She looked like Cinderella in reverse, stepped out from her life at the ball for a day of misery among the ashes.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

“There was no escape from being unwanted. And that was the truth that struck at me the most deeply.”
― Julianne Donaldson, Edenbrooke

“As long as I kept moving, my grief streamed out behind me like a swimmer's long hair in water. I knew the weight was there but it didn't touch me. Only when I stopped did the slick, dark stuff of it come floating around my face, catching my arms and throat till I began to drown. So I just didn't stop.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

“It is much easier to be brave if you do not know everything.”
― Lois Lowry