“ I value humor, kindness, and the ability to tell a good story far more than money, status, or the kind of car someone drives. Rebecca Wells
“ When the Deep Purple falls,Over sleepy garden walls, And the stars begin to flicker in the sky,Thru the mist of a memoryYou wander back to me,Breathing my name with a sigh.In the still of the night,On… Rebecca Wells
“ She saw night lights in the rooms of the babies who dreamed soft seersucker dreams, drugged happy with the heat, their pink baby bodies curled against worn out cotton, not fearing Hitler yet, their st… Rebecca Wells
“ She used to say she could taste sleep and that it was as delicious as a BLT on fresh French bread. Rebecca Wells
“ What does my smile look like now? Vivi wondered. Can you reclaim that free-girl smile, or is it like virginity- once you loose it, that's it? Rebecca Wells
“ ...Don't ever worry bout bein holy, babychild. Just keep your eyes wide open except when you sleep. Then let the Lord's mighty vision see you through the night. Rebecca Wells
“ As Sidda joined Vivi in staring out into the darkness of the fields, where hundreds of sunflowers grew, she thought: I will never fully know my mother, any more than I will ever know my father or Conn… Rebecca Wells
“ Good Lord didn't mean for us to hate ourself. He made us to love ourself like He do, with wide open arms. Rebecca Wells
“ These are all I have. I do not have the wide, bright beacon of some solid old lighthouse, guiding ships safely home, past the jaggedrocks. I only have these little glimmers that flicker and then go ou… Rebecca Wells
“ …the love we most cherish will, of necessity, bring us pain. Because that love is like the setting of a body with broken bones. But I want to stage the setting. I want to direct all scenes. Rebecca Wells
“ See, she goes places when she reads. I know all about that. When I'm reading, wherever I am, I'm always somewhere else. Rebecca Wells
