“Life, love, neighbors, belonging. Town and home, peace and good name. All smoke and ashes.” — Julie Berry Copy Share Image
“The air smelled of salt and sand and fish. As though all was peace, and harvesttime, and autumn nights. Not the end of everything.” — Julie Berry Copy Share Image
“All the miles, all the hours, watching, waiting, hunting, pretending. God had heard his prayers and brought him to this moment.” — Julie Berry Copy Share Image
“Like the clanging of the bell, the truth crashes in upon me. At last I understand. He took away my voice to save me.… — Julie Berry Copy Share Image
“I wouldn't have believed that after so much pain, my heart could still handle this kind of joy.” — Julie Berry Copy Share Image
“I didn't know what words to use until my hand wrote them, though as I wrote, I saw every color, heard the singing bird,… — Julie Berry Copy Share Image
“I don't condone killing, but if killing happens anyway, then I think women go about it much more sensibly. Leave it to men to… — Julie Berry Copy Share Image
“Home was each other. Not walls, but the adventure of the search to find them.” — Julie Berry Copy Share Image
