The Magnolia Inn Quotes

“Whoa, honey. Did you ever really, really listen to your heart?” “How do even I know when it’s talking to me?” “There’s peace.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Magnolia Inn

“Get up in the morning and make the decision to take a step forward instead of two backward for that day. Let go of the guilt, and stop feeling sorry for yourself. Don’t let the what-ifs drive you crazy, because they will if you let them. I’m speaking from experience.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Magnolia Inn

“was reaching for another when his cell phone rang. He checked the ID, saw that it was Belinda, and ignored it. He wasn’t ready to start another job for a few days. He wanted to hole up in his tiny trailer, drink a few beers, eat bologna sandwiches, and watch old reruns on television with Sassy beside him. When he got ready to work, he’d call her. This was a holiday, by damn, and he deserved a little time off. He looked around at the tiny travel trailer and imagined Melanie in the kitchen, like she had been that last night they were together. They’d spent every weekend they could get out of the big city camping out at the lake—doing some fishing, having a few beers, and planning their future. He blinked back the tears. He’d lost her, all over a quart of milk. She’d needed it for breakfast the next morning and insisted on driving into town while he fished for their supper. After the auto accident that killed her, he drowned his grief in”
― Carolyn Brown, The Magnolia Inn

“Remembering only the good times was just as unhealthy as remembering only the bad ones—there was no closure in either.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Magnolia Inn

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― Carolyn Brown, The Magnolia Inn

“Aunt Sugar says that no one is completely evil or completely good. I discovered my bad part when he was so smug. I wanted to strangle him.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Magnolia Inn

“the check as it was. A bowl of leftover”
― Carolyn Brown, The Magnolia Inn

“A house isn’t a real home without some past, present, and future in it.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Magnolia Inn

“a complete stranger, and yet grief is no respecter of persons.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Magnolia Inn

“We all just get a day at a time. It’s up to us whether we fight the demons that plague us or if we give in to them.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Magnolia Inn

“It was part of her ritual. In December she always got a new calendar at the grocery store and used the old one to write all the important dates on it.” “And she probably didn’t want you to forget, right?”
― Carolyn Brown, The Magnolia Inn

“My grandpa always said not to think spring was here until after Easter, and that’s not until the end of April this year.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Magnolia Inn

“You can never have too much information. Gather it in and then sift it, and let the unimportant fall through the small holes.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Magnolia Inn

“The heart doesn’t know age, race, creed, or colors. It just knows happiness or pain.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Magnolia Inn

“God hates me.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Magnolia Inn

“This forgiving business is not a sprint but a marathon, chère.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Magnolia Inn

“Songs speak to me,” she whispered. “They always have. They get down into my heart and strike emotions so deep that I wonder where they come from.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Magnolia Inn

“Oh, honey, that’s what friends are for—to share in the joys and half the sorrows.” Dotty smiled.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Magnolia Inn