“Oh, just shut the hell up. God didn’t create man to go stinking up town and scaring little children. I’ll tell you what God created. He created soap, you old jackass.” — Eliza Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Livingston hadn’t drawn on his own strength to recover from his daughter’s death; he’d drawn on the strength of his wife, so freely given.” — Eliza Maxwell Copy Share Image
“When you see a fight in front of you, son, there’s one thing you need to ask yourself. Is this the hill I want… — Eliza Maxwell Copy Share Image
“I believe that life is full of tragedy. Some lives more than others. But I also believe that comfort can be found with the… — Eliza Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Too many words made Jonah feel like blackbirds were flying at his face, too fast and too many for him to catch. Made him… — Eliza Maxwell Copy Share Image
“It’s a monstrous thing, Hadley, to be a parent. To see your child hurt and be powerless to mend it.” — Eliza Maxwell Copy Share Image
“The part of the deep night when it’s impractical to do anything useful, but sleep won’t come, so the mind swirls around in the… — Eliza Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Oh, just shut the hell up. God didn’t create man to go stinking up town and scaring little children. I’ll tell you what God… — Eliza Maxwell Copy Share Image
“I’ve found that most people are generally a danger only to themselves.” — Eliza Maxwell Copy Share Image
“The tall, stately pines that grew in drier soils soon gave way to the curving, dripping beauty of the cypress that thrived in the… — Eliza Maxwell Copy Share Image
“The stray thought occurred to him that if it weren’t for women, in all their cloaks of unfathomed mysteries, men would lead very boring… — Eliza Maxwell Copy Share Image
“She gave him a small smile. “Me too. But you know what my dad used to say? Wish in one hand, Alice, honey, and… — Eliza Maxwell Copy Share Image
“She'd swallowed sadness before it became tears and chocked on anger until she nearly suffocated.” — Eliza Maxwell Copy Share Image
“No, he didn’t drink because he’d seen every kind of reason for diving into a bottle, seen them up close and personal. But he’d… — Eliza Maxwell Copy Share Image
