Jamie Ford Quotes
But choosing to lovingly care for her was like steering a plane into a mountain as gently as possible. The crash is imminent; it's how you spend your time on the way down that counts.
It reminded him that time was short, but that beautiful endings could still be found at the end of cold, dreary days.
Some things just can't be put back together. Some things can never be fixed. Two broken pieces can't make a lot of anything anymore. But at least he had the broken pieces.
The hardest choices in life aren't between what's right and what's wrong but between what's right and what's best.
He'd do what he always did, find the sweet among the bitter.
He'd learned long ago: perfection isn't what families are all about.
After a lifetime of nods, frowns and stoic smiles, they were both fluent in emotional shorthand.
I think I get it now. It doesn't matter how nice home is--it just matters that it feels like home.
Loyalty. We're still loyal to the United States of America. Why? Because we too are Americans. We don't agree, but we will show our loyalty by our obedience.
She’d never felt more alone, even as hundreds of people walked by. No one recognized her, and she began to treasure her anonymity as a gift.
Somehow life had become a story problem, and William was horrible at math.
Home is a fairy tale, the kind where children are lost in the woods, found, cooked and eaten.
Talking to strangers sounded like talking to no one, which Henry had some firsthand experience in- in real life. It was lonely. Almost as lonely as Lake View Cemetery, where he'd buried Ethel.
He was awed at her touch and what the human heart is capable of feeling - such sadness, such shame, but such acceptance such joy, all at the same time.
You don't have to, Henry. In here, I think my dream is big enough for the both of us.
The last time someone had laid out a suit and a pair of dress shoes with a ticket purchased for a faraway place, Henry had refused to go.This time, Henry refused to stay.