“He asked that the Lord keep her spirit, whoever she was. He asked that she find peace. And he prayed for the Lord's forgiveness, because he had seen her in that car with the white man who hit her, and… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share Image
“The right thing was confusing, and difficult, and sometimes Jason wondered if it was in fact a nonexistent ideal, like heaven or the American… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share
I'm hopeful that people don't give up on marriage. When it works, it's a gift from God because you can't always have it work… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share
“So although only one of them had seen her face, and that just for a second, they let her disappear into the night, which… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share
“She had written Darcy the letter and posted it from her husband's tenth-story office while he was away in some strumpet's bed. And then… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share
“Atlanta, Georgia. Two parts Confederate racist to two parts Negro to one part something-that-doesn't-quiet-have-a-name-for-it-yet. Neither city nor country but some odd combination, a once… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share
“They had each survived into adulthood by proceeding warily, yet now they were expected to walk with a heavy step and newfound power through… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share
“Because here was what none of them wanted to admit, Leo thought, the thing they were simply too blind or angry or spoiled to… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share
“And what a city! The perfect geometric layout, the wide avenues and clean sidewalks, all the monuments bathes in celestial light. The contemps around… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share
“The first time Negro officers had been needed in a courtroom, the judge had refused to let them enter in uniform, demanding that they… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share
“Another time he felt himself reenacting a conversation with father, a long talk about duty and honor and all the reasons why enlisting was… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share
Marriage - as its veterans know well - is the continuous process of getting used to things you hadn't expected. — Thomas Mullen Copy Share
“Rake had been amazed by hos much he missed the South while at war. Even the crushing heat. Even the sharp pain of a… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share
“The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share
“Maybe you could drive yourself crazy trying to chart backward all the causes and effects, all the ends and means, tracing everything to some… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share
