Onalee Duhrkoop

“Why, God, did You give her such a restless spirit and then put her in a family like ours?”
― Anna Miriam Brown, Of Ashes

“Unhealed trauma is a crack. And all the little hard things that trickle into it that would have rolled off someone else, settle. Then when life gets cold, that crack gets bigger, longer, deeper. It makes new breaks. You don’t know how broken she was or what she was trying to do to fill those cracks. Being broken is not an excuse for bad behavior, you still have to make good choices and do the right thing. But it can be the reason. And sometimes understanding the reason can be what helps you heal.”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“Justin had impressed me. He was a little more than I’d expected, in more ways than one.”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“Everything was wrong if she wasn’t happy. Because Dani was sparkling eyes and contagious laughter. Dani was happiness.”
― Lynn Painter, Fake Skating