Beyond Ivy Walls Quotes

“The agony did not change his mind; it only confirmed that his choice, hard as it was, had come from a place of love.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“What must it have been like to be poor by way of possessions but rich in a way most men yearned for?”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“Surely the God who worked in mysterious ways could use his family’s fortune to help. After all, he’d come home at this exact moment when Sadie found herself in need. Miracle or not, he could try.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“I believe in miracles, and we all desperately hope God decides to grant us one.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“But not my parents. They love being together. My pa still looks at my mama like she is the sun and the moon.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“I felt especially close to God in those moments. Perhaps that morning he was telling you that he remembered you.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“People are much like plants. There is so much more to them that cannot be seen. Ambitions and dreams. Fears and hopes. Buried beneath the soil, overlooked, but vital . . .”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“buoyed her belief that Otis Taylor was not a beast but a man with heart.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“but when Mildred said you needed someone to listen to you, I wanted to come.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“Plans are a good thing if they’re held lightly. Some folks hold on too tight, and they can’t let go when life changes.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“Why can’t it be normal to be varied and different? In a world full of colors and shapes and backgrounds, who decided we were all supposed to be the same?”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“During those long, cold nights, she had never imagined that something so beautiful could be born out of such neglect.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“Her presence was a gentle nudge that slowly led him back to life, back to smiling, and back to hope.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“Even a timid man finds his voice when he’s in love. A man in love will put his other plans aside if love requires it.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“It’s a shame, the way we shun when we should rally around those who struggle.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“Somehow, I hope to convince a man who wishes to live in a cave to come out into the sunshine so he might discover whatever is around the corner. . . .”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“When I hear him, I know that Otis Taylor is not all hurt and anger. He has a soul and a heart. No man can play like that who does not.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“Like a rain barrel during a storm, this house was overflowing with questions.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“Someday I hope he knows his losses matter, but they are not what matters most.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“he knew who she was inside better than who she was on the outside, thanks to her letters.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“thank the Lord for your goodness.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“Like a prayer, he communed with God, wrestling with him as he tried to make sense of his place and his purpose.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“Even leading a sheltered life, she knew that not all homes were welcoming and happy like hers, or as complete.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“I am quite certain you are exactly the miracle we need.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“If nothing else, he teaches us to be thoughtful when choosing a life companion. He may have led an entirely different life if he’d been a bit more cautious.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“These ivy walls might seem a bit intimidating, but it’s not such a bad place.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“At first she’d been hurt, but with time she’d come to see his departure as an act of good faith.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“he rebuked himself,”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“It should not have hurt, having a stranger judge her actions, but it did.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls

“I wouldn’t want to be in company with a vagrant, but a man who has read Charlotte Brontë cannot be all bad.”
― Rachel Fordham, Beyond Ivy Walls