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 you just better hope you ain't in her way. That's the Lord's doing right there. He… — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
“FIRST TIME I LAID eyes on Laura McAllan she was out of her head with mama worry. 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… — 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
