“You don't love people at their best, sweetheart. You just love them because you can't help it.”
― Amy Lane, quote from Keeping Promise Rock
“I love you. I want to shout it sometimes. I know you worry about our letters and texts getting read--shades of WWII, haunting us still, I guess, and I'm well aware that nothing's safe on the internet. I worry too. You need to know that when I say it, when I ask you to say it, it's because my lungs feel full of dark water, and seeing it or writing it lets me breathe.”
― Amy Lane, quote from Keeping Promise Rock
“People hurt each other all the time just by being. What matters is that when you hurt someone, you do what you can to make it right.”
― Amy Lane, quote from Keeping Promise Rock
“I'm still not a god," he said apologetically. Crick stood behind him and pulled his shoulders back against that wide, strong chest.
"Better than a god," Crick murmured. "You're the reason to have faith.”
― Amy Lane, quote from Keeping Promise Rock
“Okay," Crick said, rolling his eyes. "I give. Which part of my body is more interesting than my ass?"
Deacon rewarded his obtuseness with a smack to the head. "Your heart, you fuckin' moron...”
― Amy Lane, quote from Keeping Promise Rock
“hope could betray you—but if you had no hope, life could actually
surprise you in the best of ways.”
― Amy Lane, quote from Keeping Promise Rock
“Whatcha doing, Lieu?" she asked cautiously. "Praying," he muttered. "I suck at it."
"Your doing it wrong," she said flatly. "I'm not big on church, but I'm pretty sure you're supposed to do it with a friend.”
― Amy Lane, quote from Keeping Promise Rock
“It was the same smile he used in bed with Crick--the gentle, sweet smile that made him look young and a little vulnerable. Crick turned the picture around, and Benny had written, I asked him to think of you.”
― Amy Lane, quote from Keeping Promise Rock
“Jesus, Deacon,” Andrew said from his other side. “Did you know the levee broke? Why didn’t you get up to higher ground?” “’Cause me and God were having a conversation,” Deacon mumbled with as much dignity as he could muster. “I called him a pussy-assed bitch, and he told me he didn’t give a shit. It was a draw.”
― Amy Lane, quote from Keeping Promise Rock
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“That was an idea I didn't want to have. But you can't erase a thought; once you've had it, it's there to stay.”
― Charlaine Harris, quote from Deadlocked
“For life is what animals can teach us: how the present moment is all, and past and future are illusion.”
― Alison Croggon, quote from The Crow
“He hadn’t found what he’d meant to find, but his need to swipe and hoard something had been appeased for now.”
― Cherie Priest, quote from Boneshaker
“So. That’s all you got? A wrecked SUV and a bear? Must be a little anticlimactic for you,” she said. “You calling that bear anticlimactic? Baby, that is a huge frickin’ bear!” There must have been about twenty-five men, they all smelled bad, and they were filing into the bar. Mel sniffed Jack’s shirt. “Whew,” she said. “You smell almost as bad as the bear.” “It’s going to get worse before it gets better,” he said. “Now we’ll have beer, food and cigars. I have to get in there and start serving beer while Preacher and Ricky fire up the barbecue pit.” “I’ll help,” she said, taking his hand. “It was a waste of time, wasn’t it?” “Not in my mind. Our forest is nice and tidy, we’re turning a trailer full of plants over to the sheriff and we got a mean old bear.” “You had fun,” she accused. “Not on purpose,” he said. But his smile was very large. “Is”
― Robyn Carr, quote from Virgin River
“My skin prickled and I looked back at the ocean. None of us ask for the things we inherit; they are thrust upon us, willy-nilly. Like The Marine, I suddenly understood. Mom and I weren't trespassing. This house was ours. This view was ours. And that seemed as absurd and unreal as the stories Sailor Hat had spun for me on the ferry.”
― Aimee Friedman, quote from Sea Change
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