The House on Foster Hill Quotes

“If left to her own devices, Kaine would probably end up on the next plane for New Zealand in the hopes her stalker didn’t care for international travel and horrible jet lag.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Crud. He’d read her mind. He was a Jedi!”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Well, there was a fire.” The records keeper was as intimidating and unreadable as Gandalf the wizard.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Ivy never felt such satisfaction as when Joel’s knuckles rammed into the man’s nose.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Murder of crows. Horrible term, considering the circumstances. Why couldn’t they be flocks like other birds?”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“I know that I come from a line of strong women, who fought for their families, fought for those they loved, and saw hope in their future. And I know . . .” She breathed deep in the realization of it. “I know I am one of them.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Some place with about thirty dead bolts, grilles over the windows, an alarm system, and a closet full of high-powered automatic rifles would be nice.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“The moment grew awkward. Silence. Yes, silence was awkward, but Kaine couldn’t think of anything to say. She looked away. The man hardly blinked. He was like some Jedi from Star Wars. No mind tricks on her today, no thank you.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Joel cleared his throat. “Do you remember the time Andrew said he heard Beethoven coming from this house?” Of course. She’d recalled that memory the night of her attack, though now she couldn’t avoid it. Ivy turned, and Joel’s gaze slammed into her. “We told him he was crazy.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“All houses hold secrets, and I am one of them.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Haunted was too cliché a word for this house, its deed now branded with her signature. Even ghosts would have abandoned the home years ago.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“My eyes see beyond today, beyond my circumstances in a world jaded and scarred by sin. I see into Heaven. And it is beautiful. And it is good. It is my future. There is no despair in eternity, in God’s presence, in His perfection. There is only hope. He is my hope.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Kaine maneuvered a third mask from the box. This one was defective, and the hole in the front of it served as Kaine’s undoing. She crumpled to the floor, releasing a string of curses that made her cast a nervous glance toward the bedroom door”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Drat.” She dropped the crowbar to the floor and marched over to the box of face masks. Ripping it open, she tugged a white mask from inside. It tore from the force of her pull. “Drat!” Kaine threw it aside and yanked on another one. This time the rubber band for securing it around the wearer’s head snapped from the side of the mask. “Are you kidding me?” she growled at the empty room. Kaine sent the second”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“While she was a strong woman, even the strongest sometimes needed someone to calm them.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Ivy.” Oh goodness. Joel again. “May I come calling this afternoon?” “Calling?” Ivy’s eyebrows lifted. Certainly not in a romantic sense? Her increased heartbeat betrayed her façade of indifference.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Yep. That solidified it. The man was good-looking, creative, smart, and nice. God help her.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“I have a pit bull, Sophie. I play guitar for worship at a church just outside of town, and I like to read. Louis L’Amour westerns, preferably.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“He gives us glimpses now, but His plan for us is so much greater than what we see. That’s the pitfall of humanity. We look at our present circumstances, our trials, even our joys, and believe that this is all there is. But the Lord’s vision is so much broader and stretches into eternity. We limit ourselves by looking at the here and now when hope, real hope, is found in our relationship with Him and the future that Christ went ahead to prepare for.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“My eyes see beyond today, beyond my circumstances in a world jaded and scarred by sin. I see into Heaven. And it is beautiful. And it is good. It is my future. There is no despair in eternity, in God’s presence, in His perfection. There”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Joy bit her lip,”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Ivy bit her lip”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“The woman was a gargoyle.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Ivy frowned, but she watched as his attention shifted from her face to the portrait behind her. The portrait of Myrtle Foster. Realization dawned then.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Wow. For a counselor, he didn’t tiptoe around.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“The dog was alone. Like her.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“But the dog needed her.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“There was no forgiveness in their connection, only longing for what should have been, instead of what was.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“The girl wasn’t a “case.” She was a lost, nameless soul. She had been a person with a story, a life.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill

“Yes. She needed that dog. A vicious guard dog. As well as a case to clip her can of pepper spray to her jeans and Captain America for a bodyguard. Or maybe the Green Arrow. Yes, definitely Oliver Queen.”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The House on Foster Hill