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21 " Today she let the steady beat of the clocks calm the beating of her heart. She always found peace among the clocks. Time always passed at the same speed, at least in her world. You couldn’t stop it, you couldn’t make it go faster or slower, you could just make the best of it. "
― Shelley Noble , Forever Beach
22 " Can't was killed in the battle of tried. "
― Shelley Noble , Beach Colors
23 " cranky. Sarah took the time to work on an old pocket watch that had been wound so tight that the mainspring had broken. Wyatt’s words. Clocks broke when they were wound too tight, and so did people. "
24 " Alice meant well. Always attempting to make the glass seem half full but invariably making it practically empty. "
25 " Sing my song, Mommee.” Sarah smiled over her shoulder. “You are my sunshine . . . "
26 " Where was her joy? "
27 " Amazing what women can do if they’ve a mind to. "
28 " Gigi was now a widow at thirty-one. It hardly seemed fair. Then again, what in life was fair? "
― Shelley Noble , Whisper Beach
29 " This was crazy. Celeste had merely said her relatives would love to have her stay with them, they had plenty of room. She hadn’t said that they could have housed a large portion of the Confederate army. Well, she’d stay one night and if things didn’t work out, she’d seen an inn in the little town they’d just driven through. It at least had a coat of paint. "
― Shelley Noble , Stargazey Point (Stargazey, #2)
30 " Thousands, millions of stars hung fragilely in space, as if a breath could shake them loose and set them falling toward earth. And she thought how daily dramas were played out against a world that was near perfect, that adapted and changed, but never broke under the weight of its own importance. Accepted all without judgment. "
31 " Take my selfie, Mommee.” Sarah pulled her phone from her pocket and took Leila’s picture. Selfies were a great way to document progress, failures, and just plain fun. "
32 " They succeeded, not because the system worked, but because the family had a relative who was able to help. A community who reached out. "