The Lord I Left Quotes

“Love is where the spirit of God and the nature of man meet. Tenderness, compassion, care, affection, kindness—here is where the best of the carnal meets the highest promise of the spiritual.”
― Scarlett Peckham, The Lord I Left

“There is no right or wrong way to feel in the face of loss.”
― Scarlett Peckham, The Lord I Left

“She went up an octave, improvising on the tune. Showing off. She felt her father, beaming at her as she delighted a crowd. She felt her mother, absently mouthing the words as she made supper while Alice practiced playing. And for a moment, making music with Henry Evesham in an abandoned priory in a snowstorm in the midst of the unraveling of her life, she felt at peace.”
― Scarlett Peckham, The Lord I Left

“One is not meant to read the Bible in a state of depravity but I did so. I went home and I read it and God forgive me, I burned.”
― Scarlett Peckham, The Lord I Left

“But if you would have me, it would be the highest honor to make a life with you. Openly, without apology, acknowledging the full complexity of you, of me, and of us.”
― Scarlett Peckham, The Lord I Left

“He hoped she would know it was, in its way, a love letter. That beneath every word there was a simple prayer: come back to me.”
― Scarlett Peckham, The Lord I Left

“She would not ask Henry Evesham to choose her. She would choose herself.”
― Scarlett Peckham, The Lord I Left

“She didn’t need her father’s instrument to remember him; he lived every time she played.”
― Scarlett Peckham, The Lord I Left