“I forgive you." The power of those words rushes through me, purging all the torturous memories of my youth. It gushes into all the cracks my mom's neglect and addictions have created, filling them with a mercy that's not my… — Heather Day Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I'm not surprised he wants to challenge me here, where no one can protect me. He thinks I'm a weak woman. He thinks wrong.” — Heather Day Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Something's still wrong--the same thing that was wrong forty years ago. A malignancy, a tumor, slowly growing in someone's heart. A conscience that's seared.” — Heather Day Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Freydis and Ref are in a world of their own, a world of love and pain, wrapped in marriage vows.” — Heather Day Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I couldn’t describe the smells of West Virginia, even if I tried. It has something to do with the leaves composting in the woods,… — Heather Day Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Who can ever affirm, or deny that the houses which have sheltered us as children, or as adults, and our predecessors too, do not… — Heather Day Gilbert Copy Share Image
“My sleuthing techniques are anything but subtle." Guilt By Association” — Heather Day Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Torture is being married to a proud, insensitive man, while an attentive, supportive man lives under the same roof.” — Heather Day Gilbert Copy Share Image
“My homesickness is a tangible thing, like a cannon ball of sadness, just pushing into my heart.” — Heather Day Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I've definitely set some wheels in motion. The only question is if I can keep them moving on the right course, or if they'll… — Heather Day Gilbert Copy Share Image
“When he leaned in to kiss me, the future swirled before me, bright as sunlight on creek water.” — Heather Day Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I'm pretty certain most women hate her guts. Luckily, I see past her perfect good looks and into her tangled personality.” — Heather Day Gilbert Copy Share Image
