“Shay," she said. "Shay McKenna," as if trying out his name, saying it for the first time. "Did you ever love me,… — Penelope Williamson Copy Share Image
“She felt as if she'd always been holding a part of herself back, saving it, and she had a terrible fear she would end… — Penelope Williamson Copy Share Image
“Kindness! I think that it is possible to kill with kindness....” — Penelope Williamson Copy Share Image
“Shay," she said. "Shay McKenna," as if trying out his name, saying it for the first time. "Did you ever love me, even a… — Penelope Williamson Copy Share Image
“A heartfire, Clementine my darlin', is when you want someone, when you need her so damn bad, not only in your bed but in… — Penelope Williamson Copy Share Image
If I am never to have you again after this night, this moment, you will remain the wife of my soul. Keeper of my… — Penelope Williamson Copy Share Image
“The future was as unfathomable as the black holes between the stars at night.” — Penelope Williamson Copy Share Image
“We are all of us both light and dark, do you not find it so, Miss Tremayne? Wanting in our hearts to do right… — Penelope Williamson Copy Share Image
“I wish he was mine," he said. The words slipped out without thought, but there was no taking them back... "I love Gus," she… — Penelope Williamson Copy Share Image
“Rafferty gripped his brother's shoulder and pushed him in the direction of his wife. She was rolling on the fresh-turned earth of Charlie's grave… — Penelope Williamson Copy Share Image
My love for you won't stop with my leaving. Come an evening over the years, when you step outside your door and hear the… — Penelope Williamson Copy Share Image
“When Emma sat down on a rock to take off her shoes and stockings, he said to her, “You’ve Yankee feet. Long and skinny.”… — Penelope Williamson Copy Share Image
“What stories these are, what lessons they teach us. That the redemption of mankind comes through woman, for she takes man's seed, nurtures it… — Penelope Williamson Copy Share Image
