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Westland (Essie's Roses, #2) QUOTES

Westland (Essie's Roses, #2) QUOTES

1 " Past suffering is a chain that keeps one bound. I know; I long to free myself from it. "

― Michelle Muriel , Westland (Essie's Roses, #2)

2 " Sometimes we need to attempt things that don’t make sense to anyone but ourselves. "

― Michelle Muriel , Westland (Essie's Roses, #2)

3 " Truth is a priceless treasure, but worthless if buried. Value simplicity. Pause to smell a rose, preferably planted by your hand, for it will smell sweeter. Toil builds character; heartache tests our fortitude. The key to happiness is forgiveness, forgiving ourselves most of all. "

― Michelle Muriel , Westland (Essie's Roses, #2)

4 " Some scars are nothing, Delly.
Never to a woman. "

― Michelle Muriel , Westland (Essie's Roses, #2)

5 " A broken girl makes a broken woman.
We don’t have to stay broken.
We smiled together, knowing this was our answer. "

― Michelle Muriel , Westland (Essie's Roses, #2)

6 " ... attaining power is not the dream; it is not what makes or keeps us free in our hearts and minds. We must live free without it. And if God so grants a position of power to fall upon us, we must carry it in humility, utilize it in awe, and wield it carefully guided by the One who appoints it. We are but the vessel; a vase cannot make itself. "

― Michelle Muriel , Westland (Essie's Roses, #2)

7 " The key to happiness is forgiveness, forgiving ourselves most of all. "

― Michelle Muriel , Westland (Essie's Roses, #2)

8 " First sound we make coming into this sinful world be crying,' Delly said. 'We gotta learn to sing. "

― Michelle Muriel , Westland (Essie's Roses, #2)

9 " Westland, where its willows hold secrets, until the night air sweeps through their leaves, scattering them in the wind and into our ears. "

― Michelle Muriel , Westland (Essie's Roses, #2)

10 " . . . forgiveness is a process, not a breath. "

― Michelle Muriel , Westland (Essie's Roses, #2)

11 " The only good that comes from secrets is when we go on and tell them. "

― Michelle Muriel , Westland (Essie's Roses, #2)

12 " Truth is a priceless treasure, but worthless if buried. "

― Michelle Muriel , Westland (Essie's Roses, #2)

13 " Sometimes, it’s not the family we’re born into, it’s the family that finds us, the ones who save and care for us. "

― Michelle Muriel , Westland (Essie's Roses, #2)