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1 " The soles of her feet were summer-tough, numb to the jagged shells and bits of pinecone. "
― Denise Hunter , Summer by the Tides
2 " She drew in a breath of salty sea air and let it out, mentally disconnecting with life on land even as the boat whisked her away from it. Just for today, she'd leave her worries behind and surrender to the wind's wiles. "
3 " It always amazed her to see the treasures low tide turned up. "
4 " Low tide exposed the good and the bad, she supposed. "
5 " The sun rode low in the sky, the storm clouds long gone. The ocean was calm today, not a white cap to be found. One would never have believed there'd been a storm less than forty-eight hours ago. "
6 " What else can you do?" Gram asked "Live without love? Keep a houseful of cats? Pah! What kind of life is that? How lonely an existence. Love's not always easy, but it's worth it. You'll never find happiness if you let fear stand in the way of what you truly desire, "
7 " She'd left God in the dust quite some time ago. "
8 " When I can’t trust others and I can’t trust myself, I can always trust God. "
9 " Well . . . our God is a God of miracles. He set the stars in the sky, created every living being, and parted the sea. "
10 " It's not the how, Maddy, It's the Who. "