“But friendship meant you at least planted the seed for them, love meant allowing them the ability to weed their own garden until it was something healthy and thriving, blooming and bright and smelling of heather and tiger lilies.” — Shannon Noelle Long Copy Share Image
“Put that thing down, girl. Don't you know it steals part of your soul, that little mechanical masterpiece you hold so frivolously? Don't you… — Shannon Noelle Long Copy Share Image
“But friendship meant you at least planted the seed for them, love meant allowing them the ability to weed their own garden until it… — Shannon Noelle Long Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time there was a man with no heart. Drifting through black-and-white life, caring naught for those hurt, and never, ever allowing… — Shannon Noelle Long Copy Share Image
“While gently pushing her towards the dressing room, Lazarus ventured, "Can I ask you something kind of personal?" Pulling her shirt over her head… — Shannon Noelle Long Copy Share Image
“He used to tell her... that it was because Russia had left a chill in his bones. Lola Plum believed it, only because sometimes… — Shannon Noelle Long Copy Share Image
“It wasn't so much that Lola Plum believed she'd learned her lesson in love. Lola Plum was just realistic about life.” — Shannon Noelle Long Copy Share Image
“Jesus Hollywood believed in a lot of things. He believed that the stars in the sky were only ghostly images of dead things. He… — Shannon Noelle Long Copy Share Image
“Jesus Hollywood believed in a lot of things. He believed that stars were ghosts of family long since past and that he was more… — Shannon Noelle Long Copy Share Image
“Cowboy Rodeo was a very simple man. He liked his life simple. He liked his ranch full of animals, he liked the breeze across… — Shannon Noelle Long Copy Share Image
“What was it you told me, Jesus?” she asked him softly. “Do you remember? Love is love is love. Pain is pain is pain.… — Shannon Noelle Long Copy Share Image
