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“Nothing makes a Southern story better than a stretch of time and a few glasses of gin.”
― M.L. Bullock, Seven Sisters

“Once I make up my mind, the die is cast,” I said to no one in particular.”
― M.L. Bullock, Seven Sisters

“You know what they say, ‘Nothing makes a Southern story better than a stretch of time and a few glasses of gin.”
― M.L. Bullock, Seven Sisters

“climbed in the bed with me to sleep. I could feel her loneliness, her confusion, her anger as she snored. At times I felt sorry for her, but then the snakes came while she slept. And in the daylight hours, the softness was gone.   I had plundered my mother’s”
― M.L. Bullock, Seven Sisters

“I knew how dangerous that could be. Always thinking of the past. Counting regrets. Using pain as fuel for life. So toxic and deadly. ”
― M.L. Bullock, Seven Sisters Collection, Volume 1

“what makes you a leader is the will to lead, not the knowledge how to do it best. You just have to be bright enough to listen to those who do know, and make the decisions that they don’t want to be responsible for. That’s how a team works.”
― Adrienne Lecter, Outbreak

“And you really want to give me a loaded gun and walk behind you with that attitude?” I called after him, making him stop for a second. “Always,” was his reply. If anything, the smile he was beaming at me had widened.”
― Adrienne Lecter, Outbreak

“I get it. You get high on your own politically correct supply. Well, guess what—nobody gives a fuck.”
― Adrienne Lecter, Outbreak

“Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.”
― Jamie Anderson