Rebecca Wells

“Glorious theater. It creates family for all kinds of orphans.”

— Rebecca Wells

“and I will always have to be careful with each other. She”

— Rebecca Wells

“The alligators can get you at any age, Buddy. But the worst thing you can do is freeze.”

— Rebecca Wells

Cleanliness might be next to godliness, but honey, ugliness will get you nowhere.

— Rebecca Wells

“Sidda and I will always have to be careful with each other.”

— Rebecca Wells

“[D]ance can become prayer and prayer can become dance.”

— Rebecca Wells

There is the truth of history, and there is the truth of what a person remembers.

— Rebecca Wells

“Sometimes I wonder if any of us are cut out for the lives we lead.”

— Rebecca Wells

I believe that illness has led me to a life of gratitude, so I consider Lyme disease at this point in my…

— Rebecca Wells

“...Don't ever worry bout bein holy, babychild. Just keep your eyes wide open except when you sleep. Then let the Lord's mighty…

— Rebecca Wells

“You can't let fear of hurricanes stop your from putting seeds in the ground, even if they're going to grow tall only…

— Rebecca Wells

“The moon loved them. Not because they were beautiful, or because they were perfect, or because they were perky, but because they…

— Rebecca Wells

“Nothing picks me up quicker than a movie, a Coca-Cola, and a box of popcorn. I could walk in feeling like I…

— Rebecca Wells

“at that picture, you would think that no one died. You would think we were happy all the time: my mother, my…

— Rebecca Wells

You know how some people, when they're together, they somehow make you feel more hopeful? Make you feel like the world is…

— Rebecca Wells

“[T]he right way to pray is not to beg, but to picture good things, to banish all bad things from our mind.”

— Rebecca Wells

“the page swiftly. Sidda did not stop to correct herself, or to analyze why she was doing this. She simply glanced at…

— Rebecca Wells

“... a full moon shimmered over central Louisiana. This was no rinky-dink moon. This was a moon you had to curtsy to.…

— Rebecca Wells

“There is the truth of history, and there is the truth of what a person remembers. As {she} sat at the edge…

— Rebecca Wells

I believe that we are given strength and help from a power much larger than ourselves. I believe if I humble myself…

— Rebecca Wells

I now know that things I always thought I could depend on can crash in an instant. Because of the love that…

— Rebecca Wells

“You don't get no trophies for livin the life you born into. It just be your job, and you lucky if you…

— Rebecca Wells

“This is a cardinal Ya-Ya rule: you must meet each person's eyes while clinking glasses in a toast. Otherwise, the ritual has…

— Rebecca Wells

As a writer, I am not goddess of the universes I create. I am at most a stage manager of the plentiful…

— Rebecca Wells

“His tall, lanky body had the wrinkles of sleep, and he smelled like cotton and dreams.”

— Rebecca Wells

Sadness can find you anywhere, anytime, so you better have fun when you can.

— Rebecca Wells

“Because I miss them. Because I need them. Because I love them.”

— Rebecca Wells

When I'm reading, wherever I am, I'm always somewhere else.

— Rebecca Wells

“It's life, Sidda. You just climb on the beast and ride.”

— Rebecca Wells

“I don’t care what the fire department says about fire hazards. I have lived through fire before.”

— Rebecca Wells

“Say there is no truth. Say there are only scraps that we feebly try to sew togethr.”

— Rebecca Wells

I swear I could write a book about all the things no one has ever thanked me for.

— Rebecca Wells

But who has time to write memoirs? I’m still living my memoirs.

— Rebecca Wells

we have to suffer mosquitoes the size of blackbirds.

— Rebecca Wells

“I had just asked the kids what would have made them feel more loved. But”

— Rebecca Wells

I never claimed to be a low-maintenance gal, but when I'm writing, it's particularly challenging. I lose things constantly: my watch, my…

— Rebecca Wells

“I was near, even though she couldn’t see me. But then I’m always expecting too much from the girl, wanting her to…

— Rebecca Wells

“It kills me to think I didn't spot her headed for the rocks. Friends are supposed to act like harbor boats-let you…

— Rebecca Wells

“See, she goes places when she reads. I know all about that. When I'm reading, wherever I am, I'm always somewhere else.”

— Rebecca Wells

“What Sidda did not know was how much more singing there was when Vivi was growing up. That's the kind of thing…

— Rebecca Wells