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81 " Justice was its own art, shining light into the shadows, complex yet ultimately as simple as can be: bringing balance, making things right. Helping women know that their experience, no matter how horrific, was their strength. It showed them that they were their own superheroes. "
― Luanne Rice , The Shadow Box
82 " I therefore defer to the woman in the front row. ‘Heart' is also correct. In that, the body of any creature is a road map for all of its experiences, and therefore the sound of Aptenodytes foresteri's call is imprinted upon its mate's heart. "
― Luanne Rice , Beach Girls
83 " People—even impetuous children—don't set out to ruin their lives, but sometimes parents can see their children making enormous mistakes from a long way away, just like dark clouds bringing a storm across the sea. "
― Luanne Rice , True Blue
84 " Mustard seeds mean faith,” she had said. “All you need is the tiniest bit for it to sprout and grow. And you can do anything with faith. . . . "
― Luanne Rice , The Secret Hour
85 " There were certain rules in life that had to be adhered to. You simply couldn’t come between a person and his child. That would be selfish and unforgivable. "
― Luanne Rice , Last Day
86 " moonstones. The pebbles had glistened in the wet sand, opalescent in late-day amber light, lighting their path like tiny fallen moons. "
87 " Rigidity of thought is a trap too many of us fall into. . . . "
88 " ...life was in the moment, and love was in the moment, where ever you happen to be. "
― Luanne Rice , Dance With Me
89 " Parents die far from home, and they take their things with them. The things that might give their kids comfort or solace or even an answer or two. Not that things were enough, but they were something to hold on to. Objects to hold and examine, reminders of someone who had once loved you. And sometimes they were all you had. "
― Luanne Rice , Firefly Beach
90 " You're having what Saint John of the Cross would call ‘a dark night of the soul,'” Aunt Aida said. “Follow it through, darling. Try to abide with the feelings, and know that you're being shown something you've never seen before. Have faith that morning will come. "
91 " Dana had found herself living in a life that didn’t work. What was she doing, yelling back and forth about her sister’s death? She was learning all about walls and armor, all the defenses a person put up when fear and loss crowded in. The bedsheets were her castle walls; nothing could get in and hurt her while she lay there, warm and hidden, away from the world. She learned other things too. She couldn’t make someone—Jonathan—understand what she was going through if he wasn’t ready to understand. "
― Luanne Rice , Safe Harbor
92 " Murder didn’t just take one life; it stole the essence, will, and ease from everyone it touched. It took their old lives and left them to make their way in a completely new and uncertain world. "
93 " She couldn’t make someone—Jonathan—understand what she was going through if he wasn’t ready to understand. "
94 " The smart, ambitious woman he’d fallen in love with had slipped under the weight of his dark moods. She didn’t like who she was becoming—quick to please him just to stop his anger, less likely to listen to herself than to him. "
95 " Her favorite patch was the least showy: the herb garden. A raised stone circle, no bigger than a beach umbrella, was filled with rosemary, sage, wild thyme, mint, lemon verbena, lavender, and burnet. "
― Luanne Rice , Last Kiss
96 " God steers, but you row. "
― Luanne Rice , Sandcastles
97 " In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. —ALBERT CAMUS "
― Luanne Rice , The Perfect Summer
98 " She’s so anxious about being loved, she ends up driving people away. "
99 " He had felt earthbound by guilt, fear, and grief, but right now he felt the stirrings of something unexpected and long forgotten. Something like hope. "
100 " How couldn’t he understand what happened, how death could make one person take to bed and another person sit on a rock "