“That's where the importance of nurturing comes in; the already sculpted personality is not recast, but refined. Loving, caring families can sand and polish, but they can't chip away at a lawn ornament and turn it into Michelangelo's David. Or… — Lorna Landvik Copy Share Image
“Sister Ignatius taught me in Sunday School that "in the beginning there was light," but to me, it was always an incomplete sentence, which… — Lorna Landvik Copy Share
“That's where the importance of nurturing comes in; the already sculpted personality is not recast, but refined. Loving, caring families can sand and polish,… — Lorna Landvik Copy Share
“What I had come to love about book club (besides the fabulous desserts and free liquor) was how in hearing so many opinions about… — Lorna Landvik Copy Share
“The sun was as flirty as Scarlett O'Hara with the Tarleton twins, breaking through the clouds in spectacular bursts that seemed like personal favors… — Lorna Landvik Copy Share
“There are all kinds of stars in God's skies. Some are so bright and twinkly they take your breath away; and others don't shine… — Lorna Landvik Copy Share
“When Wade brought you home, I thought, Now here's a girl with a little fire in her. And where there's fire, there's usually smoke.” — Lorna Landvik Copy Share
“I fear the democratization of plastic surgery, when it's so cheap that everyone - the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker - goes… — Lorna Landvik Copy Share
“I am the salt of the earth, and I do not believe in the ninety percent rigmarole that is organized religion. But miracles? Miracles,… — Lorna Landvik Copy Share
“A few years back, when I finally got smart enough to go to a therapist, she asked me how I had held things together… — Lorna Landvik Copy Share
“Books were her easiest friends. They demanded nothing from her but her attention.” — Lorna Landvik Copy Share
“I hate the way bitterness is like a black, bubbling tar pit in me, and I hate the way so many memories of you… — Lorna Landvik Copy Share
“...I guess when someone's really hurt you, there always seems to be a possibility for more.” — Lorna Landvik Copy Share
