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― Beth Duke , It All Comes Back to You
2 " Grammy was a little disappointed, I think, to see there weren’t too many customers. We’d accidentally scheduled our trip on a Saturday during football season, which meant the entire state of Alabama would appear to have been raptured unless you were in a stadium or in front of a TV. "
― Beth Duke
3 " There are diamonds in the red clay of northeast Alabama. Delaney is one of them. "
4 " You should always walk like you have a crown on your head, Ronni. You are beautiful when you radiate confidence. Remember that. "
5 " I started collecting something of my own: words. "
6 " A love story can be described, but it’s truly known to only two people. They share the first accidental brush of fingertips, every sigh and private joke. They dance to the same music in their hearts for a lifetime. "
7 " She closed her eyes. Our lives, she considered, were so frighteningly unplanned. Everything came before or after certain moments; huge rocks that sent rivers of expectation and hope spilling into new directions, never to return. "
8 " Laughter was the only way we could cope. It was like the momentum needed to keep going forward on a bicycle. The humor propelled us down the halls. "
9 " You are always on my mind, no matter where I go or what I do. The thought of you brings light into the darkest day. "
10 " They dance to the same music in their hearts for a lifetime. "
11 " Forgiveness is never about measuring the wrong against you, about weighing the injuries and calculating the moral equation. It’s about freeing yourself to move on, and allowing the other person to move on, too. It’s unlocking the room you’re trapped in together. "
― Beth Duke , Tapestry
12 " This sadness will transform you. All sadness does. It will help you understand yourself. Let it guide you. "
13 " begin "
14 " known to only two people. They share the first accidental brush of fingertips, every sigh and private joke. They dance to the same music in their hearts for a lifetime. "
15 " my bed, his back outlined in the soft dawn light. I raked my fingernails down his spine and he turned to kiss me. "
16 " This is the taste of secrets, she thought. Be quiet and let it linger on the tongue: the sickening cost of preserving the world for those I love, who can’t know I have a daughter in Florida; who can’t know my shining example of a husband is a drunk who beats me. Violet set her fork "
17 " River says we all drink from the same stream, you know? There is not one drop of water on our planet that is new. "
18 " in a matinee this afternoon before we go sightseeing.” An hour later Sam parked on a side street in downtown Atlanta and opened Violet’s door. He led her to a colorful trolley car and helped her aboard, arm tight around her shoulders. The other passengers "
19 " Wichahpi Commemorative Stone Wall. It’s over a mile long, twisting and turning its way all over the property of Tom Hendrix. The locals call it Tom’s Wall. "
20 " to Florence, Alabama. "
