Jaime Jo Wright > Quotes

“If left to her own devices, Kaine would probably end up on the next plane for New Zealand in the hopes her stalker didn’t care for international travel and horrible jet lag.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Crud. He’d read her mind. He was a Jedi!”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Well, there was a fire.” The records keeper was as intimidating and unreadable as Gandalf the wizard.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Ivy never felt such satisfaction as when Joel’s knuckles rammed into the man’s nose.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“We're afraid of death in part because we're afraid of the grief that follows. Death is momentary, but grief is what's left behind.
The remnants of every memory, every moment, every emotion. Grief is all the unspoken words that will never be said, the lost I-love-you's, and the emptiness of the shadows they leave behind. Grief is a demon that stalks us.”
― Jaime Jo Wright

“Murder of crows. Horrible term, considering the circumstances. Why couldn’t they be flocks like other birds?”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“I know that I come from a line of strong women, who fought for their families, fought for those they loved, and saw hope in their future. And I know . . .” She breathed deep in the realization of it. “I know I am one of them.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Remember, what to us seems like God's biggest errors, to Him they are His largest promises.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus

“The moment grew awkward. Silence. Yes, silence was awkward, but Kaine couldn’t think of anything to say. She looked away. The man hardly blinked. He was like some Jedi from Star Wars. No mind tricks on her today, no thank you.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Obituaries were the final diary page of life lived, whether pleasant or tragic, full or barren.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond

“Some place with about thirty dead bolts, grilles over the windows, an alarm system, and a closet full of high-powered automatic rifles would be nice.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Haunted was too cliché a word for this house, its deed now branded with her signature. Even ghosts would have abandoned the home years ago.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Joel cleared his throat. “Do you remember the time Andrew said he heard Beethoven coming from this house?” Of course. She’d recalled that memory the night of her attack, though now she couldn’t avoid it. Ivy turned, and Joel’s gaze slammed into her. “We told him he was crazy.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“You are created to be an image of your Creator, my dear. That is a great honor. To be designed as Thea Reed, and signed by the mark of the Artist himself. You are a work of genius. But until you know that, your name, your roots, your past, and your future will be what you chase after. Like a leaf that blows in the wind. I would bid you all the best in catching it, only, if you do, it won’t satisfy. You will still wonder who Thea Reed is, long after your primary questions have been answered.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The Curse of Misty Wayfair

“Strength isn't a feeling. It's the will to forget ahead regardless of the circumstances.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The Curse of Misty Wayfair

“All houses hold secrets, and I am one of them.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“That while the past - the consequences of the past - might have a dire effect o me, it still doesn't change who I am. We weren't created to find our identity in life. We were created to discover our Creator. In doing so, our identity is defined.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The Curse of Misty Wayfair

“My eyes see beyond today, beyond my circumstances in a world jaded and scarred by sin. I see into Heaven. And it is beautiful. And it is good. It is my future. There is no despair in eternity, in God’s presence, in His perfection. There is only hope. He is my hope.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Kaine maneuvered a third mask from the box. This one was defective, and the hole in the front of it served as Kaine’s undoing. She crumpled to the floor, releasing a string of curses that made her cast a nervous glance toward the bedroom door”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“It was an empty, dark place to be when you had an intuition about something and no one would take your word for it.”
― Jaime Jo Wright

“Grief isn’t wrong, but it can paralyze. It can thwart a life. A person can choose to let time stand still, and while they hold the pieces of the past, the hope of their future passes them by.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, Echoes Among the Stones

“A commonality seemed to stretch between her and Lincoln. Both imprisoned by life but in different ways. Castoffs by society for no other reason than her being orphaned and Lincoln having dysfunctional limbs. Both of their minds were sharp, and beyond that, their hearts, their very souls beat with the essence of life. With the ability to love. With the need for understanding, for human kindness, and for a glimpse into eternity, where God promised all would be perfection with no more cruel judgements from others, no more ostracizing and condemnation of His children.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The Vanishing at Castle Moreau

“Real faith is knowing forgiveness comes, you change, and then you walk and struggle together. Jam your knees, hit your knuckles, scrapes, bruises, broken legs, whatever. Life is hard and it takes guts, faith, and a massive amount of out-of-this-world grace.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond

“The strength of a man whose own darkness could battle someone else's and perhaps come out stronger. A champion. A hero.
Daisy barely registered her actions before she threw herself into his arms. Nor did she contemplate what possible good a man could do against a force of evil when he was sitting in a wheelchair, unable to rise to do battle.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The Vanishing at Castle Moreau

“Drat.” She dropped the crowbar to the floor and marched over to the box of face masks. Ripping it open, she tugged a white mask from inside. It tore from the force of her pull. “Drat!” Kaine threw it aside and yanked on another one. This time the rubber band for securing it around the wearer’s head snapped from the side of the mask. “Are you kidding me?” she growled at the empty room. Kaine sent the second”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Perhaps this was why God didn't wipe the earth clean of the wicked. He chose instead to use the weak ones, such as her, to rise up in His strength and become warriors.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The Vanishing at Castle Moreau

“We all need saving. " He smiled just a bit. Just enough to make the creases at his eyes deepen. "It's the idea that we don't that makes us fools."~Hank”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus

“Sometimes life was just too burdensome to maintain your sanity. Sometimes you needed a refuge but finding one could be elusive. Like trying to catch a cloud.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The Vanishing at Castle Moreau

“It is what, as women, God has designed us to do--- to watch out and care for one another. A sisterhood that is greater than fear, and a holy strength that conquers evil.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The Vanishing at Castle Moreau

“There was never a good time for Death to visit. There was never a time when Grief would leave.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, Echoes Among the Stones