“ The creature was weeping, and who could blame it, as hideous and abject and lonely as it was? But its tears, Hannah perceived suddenly, didn't just spring from wretchedness. They were also tears of re… Hillary Jordan
“ She felt a soft brush of lips against her forehead, heard the other woman murmur, "Sleep now, chére."Chére, Hannah though. Cherished. It was a good thing to be. She wrapped the word around her and car… Hillary Jordan
“ She stood by the bed and stroked her father's hand, knowing how desperately afraid he must feel at this moment. He'd always prided himself on being the kind of man who could be counted on, a man to wh… Hillary Jordan
“ That wasn't enough. They weren't enough.Nor, she soon realized, was Will, though by every rational measure he ought to have been. ... He became ardent, spoke of love, hinted at marriage. She stilled h… Hillary Jordan
“ She'd crossed into a place where truth, even if it was brutal, was all she had to offer. Hillary Jordan
“ She prayed for that all through the night, uncertain to Whom or what, but with a feeling that almost resembled faith. Hillary Jordan
“ Here she was, being rescued by a socialist, feminist, lesbian, baby-killing, foreign terrorist. What would the ladies in the sewing circle say to that? Hillary Jordan
“ If women's pants were suggestive, men's were equally so, and they revealed a great deal more of what was underneath them. . . . And yet no one accused men of being improper or encouraging sin by remin… Hillary Jordan
“ I figure if there is a God, She's good and surged right now about the state of things down here. Hillary Jordan
“ If God is the Creator, if God englobes every single thing in the universe, then God is everything, and everything is God. God is the earth and the sky, and the tree planted in the earth under the sky,… Hillary Jordan
“ You don't have to stop thinking and asking questions to believe in God, child. If He'd wanted a flock of eight billion sheep, He wouldn't have given us opposable thumbs, much less free will. Hillary Jordan
