“She experienced a moment of incandescent wonder, a sense of being connected, not just to these people, but to everyone and everything alive: every beating heart, every fluttering wing, every green shoot thrusting itself up out of the earth, seeking,… — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
“Reverend Easter waved her hand dismissively. “It doesn’t matter to God what we call ourselves, or even what we call Him. We’re the only ones who care about that. But as an Episcopalian and not an evangelical,” she said, with… — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
“It wasn't her fault if she seemed less than human, it was the fault of them that did this to her, and them that… — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
“She prayed for that all through the night, uncertain to Whom or what, but with a feeling that almost resembled faith.” — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
“Death may be inevitable, but love is not. Love, you have to choose. I'll begin with that. With Love.” — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
“She reached out and stroked my hair just as she had when I was a child. I closed my eyes and let sleep take… — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t just that he loved her; it was that he loved her, in particular.” — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
“Daddy shook Pappy's hand, then Henry's, then hugged the children. At last he turned to me. Softly, in a voice meant for my ears… — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
When that mama worry takes ahold of a woman you can't expect no sense from her. She'll do or say anything at all and… — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
“If God is the Creator, if God englobes every single thing in the universe, then God is everything, and everything is God. God is… — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
“I talked to her just like I talk to a laboring woman. Mothers need to hear them soothing words. They just as important as… — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
“But I must start at the beginning, if I can find it. Beginnings are elusive things. Just when you think you have hold of… — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
