Just South of Paradise Quotes

“She was angry. She shook her head and cleared her mind of these thoughts. Now was not the time.”
― Grace Palmer, Just South of Paradise

“She had pushed all thoughts of Richard and her finances to a dark, distant place in her mind, but in doing so, she had mentally exhausted herself. Thoughts like that didn’t just go away. One had to negotiate with them, mortgage up energy and future well-being to keep them at bay. But in the end, they always caught up, and when they did, they took everything they were owed—with interest. Georgia’s thoughts had just caught up.”
― Grace Palmer, Just South of Paradise

“A wise old man told me one time that trauma is like a ball inside a box, and it hurts every time the ball hits the sides. The ball never gets any smaller, but over time the box grows bigger, so that it hits the sides less and less.”
― Grace Palmer, Just South of Paradise

“I know he did unforgivable things and betrayed me in ways I never could have imagined, but I still love him. That’s not going to go away overnight.”
― Grace Palmer, Just South of Paradise