Sage Steadman Books & Quotes

Source: Upon Destiny's Song

“She considered what had made Denmark home to her anyway. Was it the sense of familiarity? That wherever she went there were echoes of a hundred memories she could pluck from her thoughts?”

Home Nostalgia

Book:Upon Destiny's Song

Source: Upon Destiny's Song

“The boy’s skeletal frame was now all that remained of him, and through his flesh could be seen the steady beat of his indomitable heart.”

Heart Never Give Up

Book:Upon Destiny's Song

Source: Upon Destiny's Song

“You know how some people develop addictions to manage their overwhelming emotions? Some people become alcoholics, coke fiends, potheads, pill-poppers, over-eaters, sex addicts or meth-heads. Well, Ann seemed to have a similar addiction to anger, he concluded. Feeling angry served the dual purpose of keeping others at a safe distance while drowning out all other competing and overwhelming emotions.”

Emotions Anger Young Adult Addictions

Book:Ann, Not Annie

Source: Ann, Not Annie

“He was not being courageous as he bore the freezing stream for his wife and children. He simply chose between the lesser of two evils—the pain and suffering he would endure in the river, a physical pain that he could stand to bear, or the pain and suffering he would feel if he had to watch his family wade across and freeze. It was not a decision. The choice had already been made the moment Ole proposed marriage to his wife and welcomed these beautiful daughters into the world.”

Love Children Family Sacrifice Fatherhood

Book:Upon Destiny's Song

Source: Upon Destiny's Song

“They left their encampment with dirt-covered linen strewn about the abandoned grounds amongst clothes, shoes, children’s toys and other discarded belongings. The handcart wheels crunched over them, and the dry wheels screamed as the Willie Company started for Zion.”

Sacrifice Pioneers Religious Freedom Zion Mormon Willie Handcart

Book:Upon Destiny's Song

Source: Upon Destiny's Song

“They looked to each other for support, for strength, and at times, motivation, to remember why and for whom they lived.”

Love Life Death Motivation Family Strength Through Adversity

Book:Upon Destiny's Song

Source: Upon Destiny's Song

“In retrospect, I suppose it might be difficult to develop early as a girl. Guys talking to your chest rather than your face is one thing. Then you’re also surrounded by a bunch of girls with pre- adolescent bodies who wrongly think that no breasts and no ass are a good thing. Plus, if you own your sexuality at all as a teen girl you’re a slut with a capital S. God, I’m glad those days are over. Not like adulthood is void of sexist platitudes, it’s just easier to talk about. In high school, though, if you call someone out on their shit you get bullied. It’s really a horrible time in life. Honestly, I don’t even know why there is an entire genre of books dedicated to it.”

High School Sexuality Sexism Bully Youn Adult

Book:Ann, Not Annie

Source: Ann, Not Annie

“He just wasn’t into flaunting his awesomeness, but sometimes a person’s awesomeness simply flaunts itself, even when you politely ask it not to.”

Humor Confidence High School Young Adult Awesome

Book:Ann, Not Annie

Source: Ann, Not Annie

“Ann did detention like Whitney Houston did cocaine—frequently and without consideration of the consequences.”

Humor High School Detention

Book:Ann, Not Annie

Source: Ann, Not Annie

“In high school, though, if you call someone out on their shit you get bullied. It’s really a horrible time in life. Honestly, I don’t even know why there is an entire genre of books dedicated to it.”

High School Young Adult Bullies

Book:Ann, Not Annie

Source: Ann, Not Annie

“Jacob offered Ann pot, this time from a bowl. She shook her head no. “You gotta keep doing it and eventually it will start to feel good, and your body will adapt,” he encouraged. It was the same thing her mom’s yoga instructor had said to her once and her answer was the same both times.”

Humor High School Yoga Drug Use Substance Use

Book:Ann, Not Annie

Source: Ann, Not Annie

“She felt the depth of her losses before they were realized, and she wondered, Is there still hope? Did she even dare hold on to such a tenuous thing as hope?”

Hope Loss Grief Hopelessness

Book:Upon Destiny's Song

Source: Upon Destiny's Song

“She had walked to the brink, abandoning all belief, and just before the bitter end, she was pulled from the abyss by faith.”

Inspirational Faith Endurance Religious Faith

Book:Upon Destiny's Song

Source: Upon Destiny's Song

“A memory of her father flitted through her consciousness. The time he played a slow, melodic tune on the saxophone in the misty rain of the yard on a summer’s night, surrounded by the patio’s twinkling lights. She remembered peering out the window and feeling like she was catching a glimpse of another world. One that was timeless and majestic. She touched his saxophone after that as if she were touching the hand of God, wishing to hold onto that feeling forever.”

Loss Grief Music Young Adult Saxophone

Book:Ann, Not Annie

Source: Ann, Not Annie

“She took comfort in the familiarity of his smell, knowing that if she lost all her possessions and her home, at least she would have her family.”

Marriage Family Relationships

Book:Upon Destiny's Song

Source: Upon Destiny's Song

Sage Steadman Books

Upon Destiny's Song

Ann, Not Annie

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