“It wasn't her fault if she seemed less than human, it was the fault of them that did this to her, and… — 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
“One by one, she conjured all the boxes she'd been put into: The good girl box and the good Christian box...the mistress… — 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
“You’ll move if I say so,” Hap said. “For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of… — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
This was the truth at the core of my existence: this yawning emptiness, scantily clad in rage. It had been there all along. — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
“...like the way a child hankers for a holly berry. He don't know it's poison, he just sees something pretty and red and he… — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
