“The pull of the mountain is like gravity for my soul.” — Heather Day Gilbert Gravity Copy Share Image
“Responsibilities fall heaviest on those willing to take the load.” — Heather Day Gilbert Family Copy Share Image
“My sleuthing techniques are anything but subtle." Guilt By Association” — Heather Day Gilbert Regret Copy Share Image
“Freydis and Ref are in a world of their own, a world of love and pain, wrapped in marriage vows.” — Heather Day Gilbert Love Copy Share Image
“I've definitely set some wheels in motion. The only question is if I can keep them moving on the right course, or… — Heather Day Gilbert Danger Copy Share Image
“I'm not surprised he wants to challenge me here, where no one can protect me. He thinks I'm a weak woman. He… — Heather Day Gilbert Strength Copy Share Image
“I wish I could fly like that hawk, rising and falling with the still spaces in the air, far above all this… — Heather Day Gilbert Death Copy Share Image
“When he leaned in to kiss me, the future swirled before me, bright as sunlight on creek water.” — Heather Day Gilbert Appalachian Copy Share Image
“Judgment doesn’t always fall on the unjust in this life. Sometimes you have to make your own way out.” — Heather Day Gilbert Escape Copy Share Image
“Torture is being married to a proud, insensitive man, while an attentive, supportive man lives under the same roof.” — Heather Day Gilbert Marriage Copy Share Image
“But there will be no redemption for me. I will become the most unmerciful of murderers. I accept my fate.” — Heather Day Gilbert Destiny Copy Share Image
“I forgive you." The power of those words rushes through me, purging all the torturous memories of my youth. It gushes into… — Heather Day Gilbert Addiction Copy Share Image
“Something's still wrong--the same thing that was wrong forty years ago. A malignancy, a tumor, slowly growing in someone's heart. A conscience… — Heather Day Gilbert Cancer Copy Share Image
“Who can ever affirm, or deny that the houses which have sheltered us as children, or as adults, and our predecessors too,… — Heather Day Gilbert Children Copy Share Image
“I couldn’t describe the smells of West Virginia, even if I tried. It has something to do with the leaves composting in… — Heather Day Gilbert Appalachian Copy Share Image
“I'm pretty certain most women hate her guts. Luckily, I see past her perfect good looks and into her tangled personality.” — Heather Day Gilbert Guts Copy Share Image
“My homesickness is a tangible thing, like a cannon ball of sadness, just pushing into my heart.” — Heather Day Gilbert Homesickness Copy Share Image
