Joan

“it’s God’s way of remaining anonymous.”
― Irene Hannon, Hope Harbor

“Mabel laughed. I can lift. I can pull and press and bear the weight of a hundred bricks. But I spent my entire life training to be strong, not useful. I can do nothing else.”
― Kimberly Duffy, The Weight of Air

“She'd tried so hard to be good. To be quiet and obedient and not a nuisance. But her trying never seemed to accomplish much of anything.”
― Kimberly Duffy, The Weight of Air

“Owen took Nora’s hand and squeezed it. She leaned her head against his arm, and beneath the layers of grime and torn silk and the frantic beating of her heart, something whispered to her. A cool cup of water soothing her parched throat. A breeze in the middle of India’s scorching summer. A dance beneath monsoon rains. This is right. This is good. This is worth it.”
― Kimberly Duffy, A Mosaic of Wings