“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… — Eliza Maxwell Death 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… — Eliza Maxwell Ask yourself 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… — Eliza Maxwell Comfort 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.… — 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 Children 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… — Eliza Maxwell Dark 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… — Eliza Maxwell Children Copy Share Image
“I’ve found that most people are generally a danger only to themselves.” — Eliza Maxwell Danger 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… — Eliza Maxwell Around the corner 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… — 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,… — Eliza Maxwell Two hands Copy Share Image
“She'd swallowed sadness before it became tears and chocked on anger until she nearly suffocated.” — Eliza Maxwell Sadness 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.… — Eliza Maxwell Copy Share Image
“he’d never seen a solitary soul come out the back end of a bottle any better off than they had gone in.” — Eliza Maxwell Copy Share Image
“His thinning hair was standing on end, as if the frustration of dealing with his wife’s pigheadedness had overloaded his circuits, sending… — Eliza Maxwell Electric current Copy Share Image
“It was late. The part of the deep night when it’s impractical to do anything useful, but sleep won’t come, so the… — Eliza Maxwell Dark Copy Share Image
“He gave her humanity back to her. Now she had a reason to wake, a reason to love, a reason to care… — Eliza Maxwell Reason to love Copy Share Image
“I think it’s never a good idea to underestimate a woman, Henry. Even under the best of circumstances.” — Eliza Maxwell Copy Share Image
“You’ll never appreciate the daylight till you’ve walked on the dark side of the night, without even the stars to show you… — Eliza Maxwell Astronomy Copy Share Image
