"She felt the depth of her losses before they were realized, and she wondered, Is there still hope? Did she even dare hold on to such a tenuous thing as hope?"
- Sage Steadman
"They looked to each other for support, for strength, and at times, motivation, to remember why and for whom they lived."
"She had walked to the brink, abandoning all belief, and just before the bitter end, she was pulled from the abyss by faith."
"That, after all, is what the great stories are written about: How people manage to find themselves in love. Well let me just say that how a person falls in love is more important than who they fall in..."
"She took comfort in the familiarity of his smell, knowing that if she lost all her possessions and her home, at least she would have her family."
"A memory of her father flitted through her consciousness. The time he played a slow, melodic tune on the saxophone in the misty rain of the yard on a summer’s night, surrounded by the patio’s twinklin..."
"The boy’s skeletal frame was now all that remained of him, and through his flesh could be seen the steady beat of his indomitable heart."
"He was not being courageous as he bore the freezing stream for his wife and children. He simply chose between the lesser of two evils—the pain and suffering he would endure in the river, a physical pa..."
"I think it would be best if, when you’re having suicidal thoughts of stabbing yourself, that you try to think of rainbows instead.”“Rainbows?” Ann said hugging a pillow.“Yeah,” Lisa said, standing bac..."
"Her sadness was like a deep well just beneath the surface of her determination."