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61 " Sure, she was going to turn eighteen in less than a year. She’d been in the system long enough to know that eighteenth birthdays weren’t marked by celebrations. When the checks stopped coming, she’d be on her own. “Aging out” of foster care meant becoming homeless. She’d heard stories of kids ending up in jail and hospital emergency rooms, selling drugs, living on welfare and food stamps. How desperate did a person have to become before they broke the law to survive? For now, things were good, and she didn’t want to mess that up. "
― Ellen Marie Wiseman , What She Left Behind
62 " The earth and everything on it was cast black for those last few minutes of daylight, as if evil ruled the world for that short period of time, before the stars and moon came out to illuminate the night sky and remind everyone and everything that there really was lightness and goodness in the universe, that there really was hope and heaven. "
63 " Christmas was an enduring milestone that came and went, while the world forever changed. "
― Ellen Marie Wiseman , The Plum Tree
64 " Ruth had proclaimed that if preventive measures weren’t taken right away, Clara’s posture and health would suffer, and no man in his right mind would marry a romping girl with a waist measuring more than seventeen inches. "
65 " Emma followed the hearse as it passed Scotch Road, Dago Street, and Welsh Hill, then turned into a narrow dirt path called Murphy’s Patch. "
― Ellen Marie Wiseman , Coal River
66 " staring at the picture of President Clinton and Monica Lewinski "
67 " she was always careful to brush and re-braid her hair, making sure the blond plaits were straight "
68 " States. According to Edwin Black, award-winning author of War "
69 " So that’s how it happens, she thought. I’ll get distracted by life. The wounds will be covered by pleasant moments, moments that I used to take for granted. Hopefully, the pleasant moments will become more frequent, and longer lasting. Because if I keep living in the past, I won’t survive. "