Yours Truly, Thomas Quotes

“Dear girl, face whatever it is. You’ve been brave already. You’ve come here on your own. Only a brave soul would do that. Be brave again. Be brave until the end. You can’t go back and undo this. It’s one of the harsh realities of this life. If I could I’d go back and unsay every harsh word I’ve ever uttered. But I can’t—and you can’t change the past either. Look ahead.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“You must be the author."
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"I'm not actually published yet. I'm more of an aspiring author. ... Big dreams and all that."
"We all begin as dreamers.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“I'm a better person in Azure Springs than I was in Alexandria. And pain brought me here. I'm still making peace with it all, but I'm grateful I got here even if the road was rocky and marred with pain.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“There's nothing so fine as a man who knows to turn down a different road.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“I'd rather never marry than marry for any reason but love. Don't you want something more? Someone you can't imagine living without?”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“You don't want to miss the love that's perfect for you because you're too busy searching for a fairy tale.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“God knows we need reminders from time to time. He wraps up a little blessing in a sound or a smell. A testament of his love.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“Pain, my love, is not always the enemy.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“This was where she belonged. Love and home did not have to look the way she’d always imagined. They were born in joy and in sorrow.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“That, my friend, is one of the great secrets to a happy life. Face it. Whatever it is. Day after day. Face it and decide you won’t let it knock you down.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“Write your story, and when I come back, we’ll live it.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“I want you to know that I love you. I have for a long time now. It started when I read your letters and I will go on loving you forever.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“I do. I feel it. My father told me to leap and I did and now I know why. Because here with you, I don’t have to worry about fitting in. I can just be me. He was right about everything and about our lives being different than we plan but still being beautiful.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“Love can be quiet and simple and beautiful all at the same time. Love can be many things. It can be born in grief and pain. I am happy you have your love and a man who will walk the city looking for flowers with you.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“We all run to the place we think will welcome us when we’re afraid.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“There is no shame in kindness. There is no shame in thoughtfulness. Remember that. Anyone can be angry and forceful. Takes a humble man to rise above that.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“hope you’ll one day have a beautiful moment when it all makes sense. I hope you have a moment when you know the road you’ve walked was not a mistake but a route leading you to happiness despite the bumps along the way. My moment brought a smile to my face.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“No, I’m not always happy. I allow myself to feel the pain too. When I need to and when I believe it will help me. Otherwise, I choose happy because I prefer it.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“Be true to yourself and have a loving heart and somehow it all will be made right.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“I think God knows we need reminders from time to time. He wraps up a little blessing in a sound or a smell. A testament of his love. That smell, that memory is a gift for just you.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“I’ve never known exactly where I fit either. It’s a wonderful way to be. Only one who matters is the Lord, and he has a way of getting you where you need to go if you’re willing to listen.” If”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“hope you find not only the work you are here to accomplish but also the joy you are here to experience.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“My father firmly believed that if we are here on this earth, then we still have work to do. He believed we have a purpose even when we cannot see it.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“That tree survived a fire that devoured all its neighbors. It survived, and if you look at the base of it you’ll see saplings. Whether or not it has scars, it’s doing something. If you’re that tree, then there’s a reason you’re here. That tree fought for its life. Fight for yours. Fight for it at the old Dawson place.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“Going for a ten-minute walk once a day is not living. That’s just dying slowly.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“You don’t want to miss the love that’s perfect for you just because you’re too busy searching for a fairy tale.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“Pain is not the enemy.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“Love can be quiet and simple and beautiful all at the same time. Love can be many things. It can be born in grief and pain. I am happy you have your love and a man who will walk the city looking for flowers for you.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“She was kind and thoughtful. Funny and beautiful. More than that, he liked the way he felt when he was with her. Her spirits were bright. She seemed to have a laugh always near the surface. Penny made him want to smile and to dance. She made him want to be a better man. What he saw in Penny he'd never seen in a woman before. She was different from anyone else, even Clara. He didn't doubt many noble and good women were out there, but she was the first he had noticed since changing course. And he wasn't sure he ever wanted or needed to find another one.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

“I believe you will tame the land."
"That's just it. That land is taming me.”
― Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas