“dreadful loss of status in the world. In his world. Loss of reputation and the regard of our fellow persons is in… — Paulette Jiles Death Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it was something like this that changed the captive children forever; the violence they had endured when they were captured, their… — Paulette Jiles Children Copy Share Image
“Outside, as she passed the kitchen window, she watched her breath appear before her in the lamplight and then it died away… — Paulette Jiles Breath Copy Share Image
“The road ran along the north side of the river, a shy and obsequious road that dodged every bank and lift and… — Paulette Jiles Journey Copy Share Image
“The Captain stepped into the stirrup and was proud of the fact that at age seventy-one he could step up from the… — Paulette Jiles Copy Share Image
“Loss of reputation and the regard of our fellow persons is in any society, from Iceland to East Indies, a terrible blow… — Paulette Jiles Religion Copy Share Image
And she understood, all by herself, without reading it in a novel or hearing it on a radio program, that falling passionately… — Paulette Jiles Copy Share Image
“So they all went home afterwards. My sisters and I sat on the veranda and cried until a storm drove us inside.… — Paulette Jiles Childhood Copy Share Image
Paper Matches My aunts washed dishes while the uncles squirted each other on the lawn with garden hoses. Why are we in… — Paulette Jiles Animal Copy Share Image
“Cynthia Parker had starved herself to death when she was returned to her white relatives. So had Temple Friend. Other returned captives… — Paulette Jiles Copy Share Image
“She let them go all night and in the mornings would find them coming toward her where she slept, with that alert… — Paulette Jiles Fallen angel Copy Share Image
