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The Dewey decimal system is one of the great loves of my life. I tend to fall in love with anything that imposes order on chaos.
“Does a house like this hold the memories and emotions in its walls? Can generations hear the echoes of them and be reminded of what should have been? What could have been?”
― Night Falls on Predicament Avenue
― Night Falls on Predicament Avenue
“Our harmonies anchor to one another the way they have since I was in grade school, each of us building in dynamic as the chorus swells into a blend so achingly right. I wish we could secure this same sense of unity outside of song. Because it's here, with my heart open and my voice lifted, that I feel the most connected to the family God gave me. No matter the differences between us, our frustrations, tensions offenses, or grief, when the four of us sing together, all the chaos in our world is forced to yield as we merge into one with the music.”
― The Roads We Follow
― The Roads We Follow
“I've never desired to charm an audience the way my mother's done for decades, perhaps because the voice I've dreamed of sharing with the world is penned from my imagination.”
― The Roads We Follow
― The Roads We Follow
“No one likes to speak of sin, or death, or fear. But maybe that is what our memories are meant to remind the future of. So that new beginnings forged from truth and hope can be made...”
― Night Falls on Predicament Avenue
― Night Falls on Predicament Avenue
“I don't believe love and loss are limited by the boundaries of time,' Mama says. 'Scripture says that in heaven we'll know love in full, but loss we'll never know again.”
― The Roads We Follow
― The Roads We Follow
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