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1 " Before you find the magic of life you have to open yourself up to the possibility of it being there. "
― Bette Lee Crosby , Memory House (Memory House, #1)
2 " As I grow ever closer to the end of my time, I look back at this life and tell you that the only thing I would wish to give up is the regret I've carried in my heart for all these years. At long last I have come to realize the things I once counted as regrets were indeed blessings that I was too blind to see. "
― Bette Lee Crosby , The Regrets of Cyrus Dodd (Wyattsville, #4)
3 " It's no such thing! she said. It's friendship! And if you're a man who can't tell friendship from charity, then you're to be pitied! "
4 " Church words are easy to say, but they're not so easy to live by. "
5 " As sorry as I feel for myself, I feel even sorrier for her. I know she's afraid of staying and equally as frightened of going. Just as this land is a part of me, this house is a part of her. Selling off these things piece by piece is like cutting away chunks of her heart. I promised to make it better, but only God knows whether or not that's a promise I'll be able to keep. "
6 " Cyrus is the meat and potatoes of my life, but Prudence was a cupcake I could enjoy just for the sheer sweetness of being with her. "
7 " He searched his mind for something more to say, something to take away her pain, but he could find nothing. There were no words to ease such a pain. He knew because the ache in his heart was as great as hers. "
8 " Here's to the future, he said and lifted the glass to his mouth. There was a lump of regret stuck in his throat as he spoke the words, but he washed it down with the whiskey. "
9 " A man's pride will cause him to do things you never dreamed possible. He got fired up about being right and blocked out everything else. "
10 " A man cannot change who he is. He can only hope that with age comes the wisdom to see his folly. I would like to believe I have achieved that. "
11 " The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. "
― Bette Lee Crosby , Emily, Gone
12 " Do you think there's ever any joy for people who carve their happiness out of someone else's hurt? "
― Bette Lee Crosby , The Twelfth Child (Serendipity, #1)
13 " The worst handicap you can have is a lack of belief in yourself!Lani Deauville "
― Bette Lee Crosby , Life in the Land of IS...the amazing story of Lani Deauville, the world's longest living quadriplegic
14 " sugar, if you ain't on speaking terms with The Lord, what right you got to ask Him to help you out? "
― Bette Lee Crosby
15 " She'd bottled herself up like a person already cremated. "
― Bette Lee Crosby , Spare Change (Wyattsville, #1)
16 " The Lord listens in all those places. They're just different slices of the same pie. "
17 " All those children I thought were just passing through have taken up residence in my heart. I can close my eyes and picture their faces, which is enough to make me feel warm all over. "
― Bette Lee Crosby , Cracks in the Sidewalk
18 " No matter how old a person gets, they can still dream. They can still believe in miracles. "
19 " Oh, there are many things I can’t do,” Ophelia replies. “But I try not to think of them. Such thoughts only weigh a person down. "
20 " When the preacher says it’s for better or worse, you’re so blinded by the possibility of better you fail to see the reality of worse. "
― Bette Lee Crosby , Previously Loved Treasures (Serendipity, #2)
