Abby Baker

“And if you don't have someone to tell you, I want you to know, that I am glad that you're alive today.”
― Lacey Sturm

“When you forgive somebody, it’s not so much for them as it is for you. You need to be free from that. And you need to rise above that.”
― Lacey Sturm

“And in a small house five miles away was a man who held my mud-encrusted charm bracelet out to his wife.


Look what I found at the old industrial park," he said. "A construction guy said they were bulldozing the whole lot. They're afraid of sink holes like that one that swallowed the cars."


His wife poured him some water from the sink as he fingered the tiny bike and the ballet shoe, the flower basket and the thimble. He held out the muddy bracelet as she set down his glass.


This little girl's grown up by now," she said.


Almost. Not quite.


I wish you all a long and happy life.”
― Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones

“When enemies, the intellect and the heart only see one another as the hater and the fool.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy