“My definition of forgiveness is a sigh, very like a sigh of relief, on which the memory of evil is breathed out. With letting go of the memory, discontinuing the incessant replaying of pain, and instead feeling the unmitigated overness… — Nevada Barr Copy Share Image
“As she drove the Trace, each curve revealing a scene rich with life and as picturesque as illustrations from a children's book, Anna was… — Nevada Barr Copy Share Image
“Gossip, unless aimed or honed sharp like a weapon, was natural to human beings. It showed interestin oe's fellows, interest in the well being of the tribe. "Gossip was a way to learn taboos, pass on warnings, share the burden fo being human among many so the onus of bearing it alone would fall on no one person. " Molly… — Nevada Barr Copy Share
“Like many people who lasted any length of time in the rescue professions, she'd worn out the 'if' factor pretty quickly. You were where… — Nevada Barr Copy Share Image
God was dead. Let Him rest in peace. Now, finally, the earth was hers with no taint of Heaven. — Nevada Barr Copy Share Image
“bad vibes, an underlying sickness or misery that oozed out around the edges of conversations and interactions.” — Nevada Barr Copy Share Image
“The shame attached to rape was men’s shame, shame they were too weak to carry: that their gender could do this, that they could do it, that they wanted to do it, that they could not protect their wives and sisters and daughters from it, that they could not stop it. That a thing they believed to be solely theirs… — Nevada Barr Copy Share
“Anna remembered her fifth grade teacher, Mr. White, telling her that hatred wasn't the worst of emotions. If one hated, one still cared. Indifference… — Nevada Barr Copy Share Image
“EMTs learned to love brave patients--they weren't nearly such a pain in the ass as the whiners--but not to trust them. In the name… — Nevada Barr Copy Share Image
“My life is a Stephen King novel,” she whispered. “Everything gets worse. And worse. And worse. When it finally can’t get any worse, everybody… — Nevada Barr Copy Share Image
Dose it ever amaze and delight you that of all the places in the world - cold grassy nests under hedgerows, warm patches of… — Nevada Barr Copy Share Image
