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1 " I believe that life is full of tragedy. Some lives more than others. But I also believe that comfort can be found with the people that love you . . . if you're willing to let them give it. "
― Eliza Maxwell , The Grave Tender
2 " Jenna didn't have emotions to spare for other people's pain. "
― Eliza Maxwell , The Widow's Watcher
3 " Connections were what kept people tied to the world. Without connections, there was nothing left to stop them from simply floating away.Somtehing as simple as a stranger on the other end of the line willing to listen. Or a crotchety old man who believed he knew best. Connections. "
4 " I think it’s never a good idea to underestimate a woman, Henry. Even under the best of circumstances. "
― Eliza Maxwell , The Unremembered Girl
5 " The part of the deep night when it’s impractical to do anything useful, but sleep won’t come, so the mind swirls around in the dark, skirting past old memories and bumping against unvoiced desires. "
6 " She gave him a small smile. “Me too. But you know what my dad used to say? Wish in one hand, Alice, honey, and shit in the other. See which one fills up first.” She sent Henry a sardonic look. “Classy guy, my dad. But now that I’ve got two hands full of shit, I’m starting to get his drift. "
7 " As my father likes to say, a person writes a book out of ego, reads a book out of hope, and recommends a book to another out of love. "
― Eliza Maxwell , The Shadow Writer
8 " His thinning hair was standing on end, as if the frustration of dealing with his wife’s pigheadedness had overloaded his circuits, sending a jolt of electric current through him. "
9 " Too many words made Jonah feel like blackbirds were flying at his face, too fast and too many for him to catch. Made him want to duck down and hide. "
10 " life led at an arm’s length from most of the human race had granted her a sense of peace once. But that was gone. The past seeped in through the cracks and pooled at her feet. "
― Eliza Maxwell , The Kinfolk
11 " I am afraid.” The words form on her lips in a weak, shaky whisper. “But I am not in danger. "
― Eliza Maxwell , The Caretakers
12 " I believe that life is full of tragedy. Some lives more than others. But I also believe that comfort can be found with the people who love you . . . if you’re willing to let them give it. "
13 " You’re not going to tell me you’re going out to have a beer, then show up here with a bullet in your gut, are you?” she said harshly. “Because I’ve had about all of that I can handle, Henry Martell.” “No. No, I promise you, Alice. But it is important,” he said softly. “Well, it damn well better be,” she shot back at him. "
14 " Oh, just shut the hell up. God didn’t create man to go stinking up town and scaring little children. I’ll tell you what God created. He created soap, you old jackass. "
15 " Forty-eight years of marriage can start to circle the drain pretty quickly when you end up in each other’s pockets for too many hours of the day. "
16 " They spend their whole lives walking away from you,” the kindergarten teacher had said on her little girl’s first day. “Your job now is to be there when they look back. "
17 " A lie told out of kindness is less of a sin than the cruelty of a harsh truth. "
18 " There were only a few dark places in her safe, secure world "
19 " We’re all damaged, Mama. It just shows more on some of us. "
20 " It’s a monstrous thing, Hadley, to be a parent. To see your child hurt and be powerless to mend it. "
