Listen to the wind. Hear the stones, taste the moonlight. Feel the spirit of the trees and flowers and creatures that share the night with us. They were the same words that her mother had used when te...
Don't you care that your neighbors are suffering? In a word, no. The Bible says that the poor will always be with us, and if Jesus couldn't change that, I certainly can't.
Behind the anger, she saw that he loved her,
I love Christmas. A time to slow down and enjoy life and be with my family and friends. In busy years, it keeps me sane. In bad years, it makes me feel whole again.
He’d known the headland was undercut from years of waves and weather, but he hadn’t expected to trigger its complete collapse. Shoving the wall over had been merely an attempt to complicate the situat...
Books had been invented to salve human loneliness, and they were friends without peer, friends who never sneered or flinched or laughed behind a man's back. Books revealed their treasures to all who t...
You were the devil’s daughter even then, you just lacked the experience to fully express your natural outrageousness.
The moment was like a tear in the fabric of their love play; underneath, the dark waters of past and future anguish lent poignancy to everything they said and did.
Softly he continued, You need to ask God for forgiveness. That's His job, isn't it? To forgive imperfect humankind. You are quick to forgive others and offer them kindness. Do the same for yourself.
Michael is easier to understand—he had to believe in Caroline. To betray a friend was despicable—to acknowledge that he had done so for a woman who was utterly unworthy
Lady Alys, you have dimples, he said accusingly.Caught, Alys blushed. I’m sorry, I can’t help it. I think God made a mistake and gave me someone else’s dimples.
Joseph Campbell said that love is the burning point—the stronger the love, the greater the pain. If he’s right, maybe we’re better off without it.
I was raised to assume that wealth and rank and privilege would be mine by right, he said painfully. Through a combination of bad luck and bad judgment, most of those assumptions were beaten out of me...
I love you, he gasped. For always. And I love you, she whispered as tears filled her eyes. He rolled on his side and drew her close, his arms sheltering against the storm that pounded on London. The s...
Hoshan I experienced profound spiritual awareness, he said slowly. It began with a devastating recognition of my failures and shortcomings. Only when all my pride and arrogance had been stripped away...
Could his amnesia be a way of concealing that loss from himself because remembering would be unbearable? Mariah was an anchor in high winds, but she knew surprisingly little about his life.
Because you loved, you promised. You must try harder to keep that promise.
Aristophanes said that boys throw stones at frogs in jest, but the frogs, they die in earnest. You're going to break my life into splinters, then move on without a second thought. Yes, my lord, you te...
Things have been going wrong for years. Only desperation could have driven me to seek the aid of a reprobate like you. Seeing the mischievous gleam in her eyes, he said promptly, At least that is turn...
Su abuela siempre le aconsejaba que no fuera demasiado explícita al formular sus deseos, porque a veces la mejor solución es una que no se le ocurriría nunca.