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"The dedication made me cry. The forward from one whose husband's ministry and music we have so appreciated was a delightful surprise. And just two pages into the intro, Colleen has already referenced Lucy and Mole.
This is a book to be devoured or savored depending on the day." — Oct 16, 2025 06:56AM
"The dedication made me cry. The forward from one whose husband's ministry and music we have so appreciated was a delightful surprise. And just two pages into the intro, Colleen has already referenced Lucy and Mole.
This is a book to be devoured or savored depending on the day." — Oct 16, 2025 06:56AM
My Last Name
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I remember now. This is my apartment. “Assisted living,” they called it, though I seem to receive more assistance and do less living these days.
“I had given up religion for a relationship and now walk confidently in my Father's footsteps and take great delight in knowing that despite all of my sins and failings, He loves me just as I am -- I don't have to earn His love but just accept it.”
― I'll Fly Away
― I'll Fly Away
“Here all these years I thought that I was doing the right thing, staying with an abusive man for the sake of my daughters, but I saw now that even at nine years old my daughter knew that it was wrong for me to stay. She could see that I deserved more -- that I wasn't created to live a life of sorrow at the hands of a man who despised me.”
― I'll Fly Away
― I'll Fly Away
“You're prettier every time I see you. You got yourself a husband yet, lovie?"
I smiled. "No, not yet."
"Well, there's time enough for that. I've always been of a mind that a person should wait until they find the right one. No sense rushing into things. I've made that mistake often enough to know.”
― The Key to Deceit
I smiled. "No, not yet."
"Well, there's time enough for that. I've always been of a mind that a person should wait until they find the right one. No sense rushing into things. I've made that mistake often enough to know.”
― The Key to Deceit
“Gold shone in the warm brown of his eyes. “Stories, dancing, music—they nourish. They make us think and feel. They distract us from the hardness of life. That’s a gift from God.”
Lucie stroked the ribs under a leaf, the structure that held it together. “And math and science and business—they make things run. They’re necessary. Weighty. Gifts from God.”
― Until Leaves Fall in Paris
Lucie stroked the ribs under a leaf, the structure that held it together. “And math and science and business—they make things run. They’re necessary. Weighty. Gifts from God.”
― Until Leaves Fall in Paris
“I’ll explain this simple truth. If I were to ban sinners from this church, the pews would be empty. So would the pulpit.”
― Until Leaves Fall in Paris
― Until Leaves Fall in Paris
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