“It's the fault of people who made a law that can't be enforced and the fault of the people who could enforce it but don't and people like the mayor who ought to care but look the other way instead. But most of all, it's the fault of all the people who think it just doesn't matter. All the people who don't care what happens to others just as long as it doesn't affect them.” LawHuman NatureGovernment CorruptionSiri Mitchell Book:Love Comes Calling Source: Love Comes Calling
“There comes a time when even the thing you love betrays you...you have to know when it's time to give it up, I suppose. Doesn't mean you love it any less, of course. Just means it's time to move on. When you can't agree with the decisions that bind you, then you have to take your talents elsewhere.” CallingDecisionsTalents Book:Like a Flower in Bloom Source: Like a Flower in Bloom
“I curtsied. 'Thank you, Mr. Stansbury. And I apologize for my lack of grace.' He bowed. 'Never apologize for being courageous, Miss Withersby.” CourageBravery Book:Like a Flower in Bloom Source: Like a Flower in Bloom
“When I was a child, Mama had the best voice of all the members of the church. She had loved to sing. Her words had soared like an angel's over the swells of the organ. In fact, I now suspected, her entire theology had been taken from the hymnal.” ReligionMusicChristianitySingingHymns Book:She Walks in Beauty Source: She Walks in Beauty