“Evan was more certain than ever that Scott had stolen money from him. It”
― Jacqueline Davies, quote from The Lemonade Crime
“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,”
― Jacqueline Davies, quote from The Lemonade Crime
“Rumors are like pigeons. They fly everywhere and make a mess wherever they go.”
― Jacqueline Davies, quote from The Lemonade Crime
“It was a gorgeous end-of-summer-just-starting-to-befall day. The trees swayed in the breeze. The sky was the color of cornflowers.”
― Jacqueline Davies, quote from The Lemonade Crime
“Everything’s awful,” said Jessie, picking at a corner of her bedroom wallpaper that was peeling. She explained to her grandmother about the trial yesterday and the basketball game and Scott kicking the ball into the swamp. She told her how Evan had to hunt for the ball for half an hour before finally finding it, and how he told all his friends to just go home, he’d find it himself, just go home. So they did. And how Evan and Jessie were left to look for the ball, and how Evan didn’t talk the whole time they did. “And today he’s not even eating, or anything,” said Jessie. “Did you know that it’s Yom Kippur?” “Yom Kippur, is that the one where the kids dress up?” asked Jessie’s grandmother. “No, that’s Purim.” Grandma was always mixing up things like that, things that sounded kind of the same, but were different. During their last phone call, she was talking with Jessie about the sequoia trees in California, but she kept using the word sequester instead. “Yom Kippur is the day when the Jewish people ask for forgiveness and they don’t eat.” “Is Evan Jewish now?” asked Grandma. “No, but he’s not eating. He says he’s not hungry,” said Jessie. “Sometimes that happens to me,” Grandma said. “I practically forget to eat.” “But Evan’s always hungry,” said Jessie. “Mom says he’s a bottomless pit.” “He’ll eat when he’s ready,” said Grandma. “Let it go.” Jessie hated it when her grandmother said that. She was always telling Jessie to let it go and be the tree. Crazy yoga grandma. How could anyone be a tree? “But”
― Jacqueline Davies, quote from The Lemonade Crime
“I still feel really bad about it,” said Jessie. “That’s good,” said Grandma.”
― Jacqueline Davies, quote from The Lemonade Crime
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― Angela Marsons, quote from Evil Games
“Doll always said, Just be quiet. Whatever it is, just wait for it to be over. Everything ends sometime.”
― Marilynne Robinson, quote from Lila
“Mercy is just when it is rooted in hopefulness and freely given. Mercy is most empowering, liberating, and transformative when it is directed at the undeserving. The people who haven’t earned it, who haven’t even sought it, are the most meaningful recipients of our compassion.”
― Bryan Stevenson, quote from Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
“When nurses drink, they have a tendency to go all in. They’re like cops that way.”
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