Little Loves Quotes

“Her mother, who had been the very worst kind of junkie, died when Harmony was just four. But sometimes, if she clenched her eyes shut real tight, she could call up the memory of her mother’s face.”
― Melissa Storm, Little Loves

“she’d returned to Charleston. As much as she’d fought to escape the Holy City as a teen, truth be told, it was the only place she’d even come close to belonging.”
― Melissa Storm, Little Loves

“That was another reason she’d returned to Charleston now—to the church where she’d first discovered her faith, to the pastor she’d liked to imagine was her father, to the only place she’d really stayed long enough to form some good memories along with the bad. And, oh, did she need those good memories now. She needed answers, too.”
― Melissa Storm, Little Loves

“It was always her tongue that got her into trouble. Harmony could put the fear of God into just about anybody, which had been a necessary skill to fight off the unwanted advances of foster brothers and fathers, along with a fair-sized collection of schoolyard bullies, too. But it was also a skill she couldn’t control even now. If someone made her angry, they were going to hear about it—and with colorful language to boot. She was sure God didn’t mind.”
― Melissa Storm, Little Loves

“was she born broken, or had that just happened along the way? Because, no question about it, something was majorly wrong with her.”
― Melissa Storm, Little Loves

“All those years as a little girl with no home to call her own, she longed to live life her own way, to be the master of her own fate. Somehow, though, she’d only managed to continue her lifestyle of drifting from one place to the next without feeling any real connection.”
― Melissa Storm, Little Loves

“Harmony King had been running for a long time. At first, she was always running toward something—more specifically, toward freedom. Growing up in the foster care system would not be how she’d chosen to start life,”
― Melissa Storm, Little Loves