Daughter of Twin Oaks Quotes

“Joy is everywhere. You just have to recognize it.”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks

“There is no God!”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks

“crusty”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks

“She’d been told her eyes were her best feature, amber with flecks of gold,”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks

“She turned at the sound of a horse cantering toward them. If it wasn’t Benjamin, they could be in a heap of trouble.”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks

“Thank God Ahab and Meshach were out of sight. He’d worked for Tarlander more than once and would surely have been recognized. “Was that who I think it was?” she asked Benjamin when he waited for her at a bridge crossing a wide creek. “Yessuh.” Benjamin shook his head. “Dat close.” He turned his horse. “Not far now.” They gathered in a small clearing bordering the creek, where Daniel awaited them. He was already gathering sticks for a fire. Jesselynn reached behind her to help a groggy Thaddeus climb up on the seat. “You been a mighty good boy. I’m right proud of you.” “Hungry?” He reached up and wrapped his arms around her neck. Burrowing into her chest like a little gopher, he repeated with more insistence. “Hungry. Want milk?” Jesselynn sighed. Where would they get milk Other fresh food too, for that matter. Her eyes felt as if they’d been rolling in the Sahara Desert, and her rear felt permanently glued to the hard seat. “I git some.” Benjamin remounted his horse. “You’d best take the mule, then,” Jesselynn said. “Oh.” He dismounted with a nod. “ ’Phelia, you got a jug?” Meshach unhitched the team and removed the harness from both horse and mule, then slipped a bridle with short reins on the mule. “You hurry.” After handing Benjamin a couple of their precious store of coins, Jesselynn climbed over the wagon wheel and, when her feet felt solid ground, leaned against the wheel until her knees no longer felt like buckling. She propped”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks

“Thaddeus”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks

“trot”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks

“the sun was already stretching golden fingers across the grass, the blades sparkled green, like a welcome mat sprinkled with diamonds.”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks

“Jesselynn”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks

“big house to the slave quarters was nothing short of miraculous as far as”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks

“felt a rush”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks