“The temptation to hide in his job, to allow all his thoughts and emotions to become absorbed in the details of his career was hard to resist. It felt like virtue and it was quite possible to be completely self-righteous… — Pamela Morsi Copy Share Image
“He simply had to trust the dogs. On the hunt, man and dogs were always a team. With Jesse, perhaps this was more true than with most. Most men, knowing themselves to be a lot smarter than the dogs, often overruled their judgment. Jesse, not thinking himself much smarter than anything, did not. He often relied upon his own instincts.… — Pamela Morsi Copy Share
“Marrying the right girl is the single most important ingredient for a happy life,” he’d also said.” — Pamela Morsi Copy Share Image
“Eli stepped back and spread his arms. "Imagine how I feel. All my functional parts in good working order and in the prime of… — Pamela Morsi Copy Share Image
“It was there. That feeling, that oneness, that she'd always sought, that she'd always longed for, that had always eluded her. It was right there in each other's arms. She had found it at last and she wanted to revel in it, expand it, prolong it. She wanted to make it theirs, forever. And keep it both secreted inside their… — Pamela Morsi Copy Share
“The risk he was taking had to pay off. He had to win Mazy for himself. Even if he had to forfeit his own… — Pamela Morsi Copy Share Image
“Jesse swallowed and looked around the field. Roe could see him struggling with his thoughts, trying to put them in a coherent order. "It… — Pamela Morsi Copy Share Image
“Women don't always want the right things in a man. And men don't have even an idea of what they want," she said. "Why, one minute their bodies tell them they want a wild woman that makes their blood rush. The next minute their good sense reminds them that they need a hard worker who is sturdy enough to help… — Pamela Morsi Copy Share
“They stood up and the world was totally different. The wheat was an onyx sea, ever moving in shadow. Above it the heavens were illuminated with the wink of stars and planets, the Milky Way like a giant streak of glimmer slashing across the sky. She was standing right next to him, awed by the beauty of the night sky… — Pamela Morsi Copy Share
“It was that reader that she'd found in Mama's trunk. At the schoolhouse they had McGuffey, good lessons about good boys and girls. But Meggie had found the worn, faded book of fairy tales. They had been much more interesting than the stern admonitions of McGuffey. And her imagination had taken flight. Fanciful, that's what her father had called it.… — Pamela Morsi Copy Share
“Piney woke up wearing a big grin on his face. He couldn’t remember when he’d slept so well. He pulled the pillow next to him up over his face. He could smell her hair on it. “Jesse,” he murmured to himself. He liked her. He really liked her. And he loved, loved, loved doing her. Being inside her. She was… — Pamela Morsi Copy Share
“When couples come together, it's for big reasons. Sometimes more than they believe. And the person who is right for you is exactly the… — Pamela Morsi Copy Share Image
