The Burning Girls Quotes

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― Rita Herron, The Burning Girls

“Rays of evening sunshine glinted across the wood rails of the porch, hints of a thunderstorm flickering along the fog over the ridges. A sudden wind whipped through the trees, sending dried leaves to the ground. The sky was at war, Mother Nature caught between the chill of the dead and the wicked heat of the devil as he lingered in the foothills”
― Rita Herron, The Burning Girls

“Nightmares happened when you slept, and sleep was the demon he chased at night”
― Rita Herron, The Burning Girls

“Ellie had seen the preacher in town, and although Mrs. Jones said the church was open to everyone, he was closed-off. Judgmental. His probing eyes held accusations of sin and damnation, not forgiveness and tolerance”
― Rita Herron, The Burning Girls

“Loyalty to her adoptive parents warred with her need for the truth about herself. How could she know where to go in life if she didn't know where she'd come from?”
― Rita Herron, The Burning Girls

“Ellie understood the need to run and start over. She'd felt that way a few weeks ago herself. But her ties to Crooked Creek ran deep, and she'd finally decided she couldn't run far enough to escape her past. She had to stay and face it”
― Rita Herron, The Burning Girls

“Ever since she was a child, she'd struggled to sleep, but now night was even more her enemy. Sometimes she didn't sleep for days on end and could barely function. Other times she slept fitfully, her nightmares filled with the horrors of her past, the cases that haunted her. Work was her salvation”
― Rita Herron, The Burning Girls