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That heart of yours can’t stop its gifts after I’ve returned to the earth and the air that I’ve loved so much in this lifetime. That would be an injustice.
“This would be a lot easier if you had a sense of humor.”
if anyone did any manipulating here, it wasn’t me, and I resent being held accountable for someone else’s bad behavior.”
“You gonna yell at me if I carry your suitcase?” he asked blandly. Phoebe blew out her breath. “I think I can hold back on my verbal insults for the moment.”
“There’s a difference between rushing through something to get to the other side and doing it right.”
I’m stuck here with you, the plodding, disinterested, stuck-in-the-1950s farmer!
Maybe they’ll erect scarecrows to you for being outstanding in your field?”
“You’re like Thoreau, and this is your Walden Pond.” “‘Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito’s wing that falls on the rails,’” John quoted.
When I bring whoever the future Mrs. Pierce is here, I don’t want her facing any shadows from the past. I bought this place for her.”
“I’m not plotting anything. I’m just staying out of your way and not trying to get in your pants anymore!” “Why the hell not? What changed?” “Does it matter? I thought you wanted me to stay out of your pants!”
“Spiked lemonade. The best of childhood and adulthood in one cup.”
“I can’t catch my breath,” she whispered. “You can have mine,” he promised.
“I think he literally just fell for her.”
I’m meant to be here, meant to work this earth. I’m meant to live here, love here, die here.
Parenthood is a festering nightmare dotted with moments of truly blissful wonderment.
“It was beautiful and peaceful, and now he’s gone, and I don’t have an anchor.”
Grief called for movement. Anything to keep you going forward one step at a time.
There wasn’t one hole where the man had been. There were a thousand.
“He is so proud of you, Jackson Scott.” “Was. Maybe,” Jax said bitterly. “Is. Definitely,” Phoebe argued. “Trust me. If he’s proud of you, then he loves me, and I’m not ready for any of that to be past tense.”
Life was hard, but that’s what made it so incredibly good. That’s what made her appreciate every second that she had on this earth. Even on the darkest day, there was still beauty to see, still love to find. There was still a beginning to find in every end.
“If Mom starts crying or you two start making out, I’m out of here,” Jax threatened. “Before cannoli?” Franklin grinned. “Of course, not! After cannoli. I’m not an idiot.” “Yes, you are,” Carter and Beckett chimed in.
