“A week later, I walked to Gwyneth’s house. She and Dorothy and I shared tea and we wept for Jacob. We talked. We smiled a little. Then I left and waited for Cullah, and thought what a great emptiness was left by Jacob’s passing. At last, I sat at the front door, on the chair where Patience had died. I held my hands folded at my heart, and ached for all who had passed from my world”
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Nancy E. Turner is a renowned author born in 1953. Her works span a variety of genres, including historical novels, biographies, and children's literature. Turner is known for her in-depth historical research and rich imagination, often exploring the complexities of human nature and social changes in her works. more
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“My heart is dead, my soul is gone, my veins are filled with drugs and my brain has lost its mind.”
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“It’s very painful to feel heartache and you’ll think its never going to end, but it does.”
“But the old maxim still applies: Where there is love, there is bound to be heartache.”