Women can’t tell east from west, so you use these ridiculous ways of getting from one place to another. Ridiculous means? What exactly are you talking about? If you must know, a woman gives instructio...
She clung to life, not for herself, but for Julia’s sake. It hurt her to know Ruth was in pain. Why did those who were good always have to suffer?
Pastor… I stood outside, unsure this was the right place. This is it? Hope Center? I called him pastor but I thought of him as Drew. That was the way he’d introduced himself to me and it was the name...
Kindness is something that should always be passed on.
It didn’t take her more than a couple of seconds to realize that Nolan treated his car the same way he treated his raincoat. The front and back seat were cluttered with empty paper cups, old newspaper...
Love takes something that's difficult and makes it feel so effortless.
The pastor made a funny comment. He said that when he taught marriage classes most of those attending took naps. It was the divorce classes where everyone took notes.
Palmer asked.
Olivia wondered whose idea it was to see the play. To Kill a Mockingbird wasn’t the sort of entertainment she suspected a man like Warren would choose. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas seemed more...
Maybe money can't buy love - but it can get you practically everything else.
Being kind is like looking at your own reflection in the calm waters of a lake. Then the act of kindness ripples those waters, like a stone tossed upon the surface.
As if this was more than she could imagine, Amiee asked, What about a stove with more than two burners and an oven that actually works? All yours, Steve assured her.
You’re beautiful. And I meant it.
We don’t have a pedigree, but we have big hearts, determination, and guts. The Carney family is grounded and there’s a lot of love.
These unwelcome feelings could be attributed, Mary realized, to her mother’s death this past February.
Sometimes I think we’re afraid to admit we want certain things. Especially things that contradict the image we have of ourselves.
She said interruptions were simply God's appointments.
Rule #2, Cultivate New Friendships.
Love doesn’t die.
I will no longer expect another person to provide me with a sense of worth. I don’t need a husband to make me feel complete.