Rachel Fordham > Rachel's Quotes

“Does she bring you happiness, make you laugh?" Gideon had asked. When Caleb confessed that she did, his father then asked, "Do you like who you are when you are with her?" Again Caleb answered in the affirmative. He confessed she was not what he had planned, that at first she was just a case to solve.
Then his father said something Caleb couldn't get out of his head. "Our whole lives people try to tell us what beautiful is. As young boys we think we know exactly which women are the loveliest. Then we meet one who doesn't fit the mold and we know we were taught wrong our whole lives." While his pa talked, Caleb envisioned Em's freckled face. "Beauty is something we get to define. We may not see it right away, but when we do, we have trouble remembering the other definition. We wonder how we were ever to misled. All we can see is the one person who defines it for us."
Then his father put a hand on his shoulder and said, "Don't let anyone else decide which kind of beautiful is right for you. You find a girl who brings out the best in you. Who you can see a happy future with. That's your kind of beautiful.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“Margaret told me that often we get so caught up in seeing our own prayers answered that we don't realize we are blessing others.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“Fighting a battle with the earth seems like a plenty noble calling to me. Putting food on your table and on the plates of others - it's a quieter way. But it's a good way.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“Yes, Em, your freckles are perfect. Looks are a funny thing, very peculiar. Never waste any time disliking the ones you have. The right person will think they are the very definition of beautiful.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“I'm not sure we ever learn to live without those we love. I think Margaret may be right. The secret is to learn to live with them as nearby as we can keep them. My parents are dead and my sister is in Beckford. I miss them every day. Only now am I learning the right way to remember them.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“You don't want to miss the love that's perfect for you because you're too busy searching for a fairy tale.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“I'd rather never marry than marry for any reason but love. Don't you want something more? Someone you can't imagine living without?”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“There's nothing so fine as a man who knows to turn down a different road.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“I'm a better person in Azure Springs than I was in Alexandria. And pain brought me here. I'm still making peace with it all, but I'm grateful I got here even if the road was rocky and marred with pain.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“Whatever you do, don't stop living now just because a few women got to talking about something they know nothing about. You keep your head up and keep living and soon enough they'll stop talking. In fact, I think you'll find a friendly face among them before long." Margaret's voice sounded so confident, like it really could be possible.

Em looked down the street at the other pedestrians. "I thought I was past caring what others thought. But their words hurt."

"When we really live, we risk the pain. But you'll work through it.”
― Rachel Fordham

“Never waste any time disliking the ones you have. The right person will think they are the very definition of beautiful.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“Looks are a funny thing, very peculiar. Never waste any time disliking the ones you have. The right person will think they are the very definition of beautiful.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs