“Sometimes in nature, fire caused pinecones to open and prairies to bloom. Sometimes it cleared out old dead trees to make way for new life. Sometimes fire wasn’t about destruction—sometimes it was about renewal. Sometimes fire was necessary.” — Emily Bleeker Copy Share Image
“Why are little kids’ cheeks so temptingly kissable, especially when they are sleeping?” — Emily Bleeker Copy Share Image
“how peaceful he seemed; all Dave saw was the outline of gashes down his face carefully camouflaged for an open casket.” — Emily Bleeker Copy Share Image
“At least when you are a widower, everyone expects you to be sad. Annie had loved Natalie like a sister, yet she was expected… — Emily Bleeker Copy Share Image
“Sometimes in nature, fire caused pinecones to open and prairies to bloom. Sometimes it cleared out old dead trees to make way for new… — Emily Bleeker Copy Share Image
“She was doing that thing where she took out her frustrations about something else in her life on the closest victim.” — Emily Bleeker Copy Share Image
“If only it were harder to lie, maybe she could stop. But lying was easy. Well, easier than telling the truth. And” — Emily Bleeker Copy Share Image
“Our feet whispered through the grass as fireflies flickered in slow circles around” — Emily Bleeker Copy Share Image
“How could everyone else find it so simple to slip back into life, the world revolving, businesses opening and closing, buying and selling, when… — Emily Bleeker Copy Share Image
“He’d rather have a woman who wore a size ten but wanted to make love with the lights on, than a size two who… — Emily Bleeker Copy Share Image
“Dave did owe Lillian, more than anyone but the two of them would ever know.” — Emily Bleeker Copy Share Image
