“I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.” BelieveHeartDesireI BelieveDesire To Live Author:George W. Bush
“But happiness ... happiness grows at our own firesides," she said. "It is not to be picked in strangers' gardens." ~ The House at Riverton” SaidHouseGrowsGardenStranger Author:Kate Morton
“It's a good thing Kerry's dead, because that funeral would've sent him over the edge," Henry said.” SaidGood ThingsEdgesFuneralOver The Edge Book:If I Stay Source: If I Stay
“Maybe one night I’ll be asleep and I’ll feel a hand like a dove on my cheekbone and feel her breath cool like peppermints and when I open my eyes my mom will be there like an angle, saying in the softest voice, When you are born it is like a long, long dream. Don’t try to wake up. Just go along until it is over. Don’t be afraid. You may not know it all the time but I am with you. I am with you.” KnowsFeelsTryingMayLongDreamHandsEyeNightVoiceBornMomWake UpBreathsMy MomAngleOne NightDoveKnow It AllCheekbonesPeppermint Author:Francesca Lia Block
“I dreamed of being a part of the stories—even terrifying one, even horror stories—because at least the girls in stories were alive before they died.” StoriesGirlAliveHorrorDiedHorror Stories Author:Francesca Lia Block
“I pounded through the houses, staggering down the hallways, falling down the steps. It was a hot streaky dawn full of insecticides, exhaust, flowers that could make you sick or fall in love. My battered Impala was still parked there on the side of the road and I wanted to lie down on the shredded seats and sleep and sleep. But I thought of the bones; I could hear them singing. They needed me to write their song.” WritingStillsWantedLyingSongFallHouseSidesSleepStepsFlowerNeededSingingSickHotFalling In LoveBonesDawnSeatsFalling DownStaggeringHallwaysBatteredInsecticides Author:Francesca Lia Block
“Relieved because what I dreaded most in the whole world was going to happen and I wouldn’t have to live with it anymore—the fear. There is the relief of finally not being alone and the relief of being alone when no one can take anything away from you. Here she was, my beautiful fear. Shiny as crystal lace frost.” WorldWholeHappensBeautifulWhole WorldReliefCrystalsFrostRelievedAway From YouLace Author:Francesca Lia Block
“She had changed him. The ice was in his eyes and in his heart, like he had predicted with that song, but now they were deep embedded there, all the pain of the world. Not pain to make you feel for somebody else but pain to make you stop feeling.” WorldFeelsHeartFeelingsEyePainSongChangedIceHis EyesEmbedded Author:Francesca Lia Block
“Evil is an act, not an appetite. How many haven't wanted to slash the throat of some boor across the dining room table? Present company excepted of course. Everyone has the appetite. If you give in to it, it, that act is evil. The appetite is normal.” IfsGivingWantedCoursesEvilRoomsCompanyHavensNormalTablesThroatAppetiteDiningDining Rooms Author:Gregory Maguire