“A voice I knew from a lifetime ago sang out from beyond the darkness.” — Julie Berry Darkness Copy Share Image
“Melvin Brands took bread, and the foot, wrapped in camphored cloth.” — Julie Berry Amputation Copy Share Image
“Summer came in, with heat enough to melt any desire I felt to live.” — Julie Berry Desire Copy Share Image
“A glorious future opened before me of friendship, belonging, service, and joy.” — Julie Berry Friendship Copy Share Image
“Home was each other. Not walls, but the adventure of the search to find them.” — Julie Berry Adventure Copy Share Image
“She glowed, not from the firelight, but as if lit from within. I wondered if she were already a ghost.” — Julie Berry Glowed Copy Share Image
“I had tried to do right, but once again my best efforts had led to disaster.” — Julie Berry Disaster Copy Share Image
“Life, love, neighbors, belonging. Town and home, peace and good name. All smoke and ashes.” — Julie Berry Home Copy Share Image
“We, her daughters, weren’t very holy, heaven knew, but that didn’t mean we held no reverence for holiness.” — Julie Berry Daughters Copy Share Image
“Accende lumen sensibus, infunde amorem cordibus, infirma nostri corporis, virtute firmans perpeti.” — Julie Berry Copy Share Image
“There's a lesson in it for would-be heroes. The people you save won't celebrate you. They'll gather the wood and cheer while… — Julie Berry Positive Copy Share Image
“The stars' cold stare reminds me: worse than a sinner, I'm a thief. I steal the touch you would not choose to… — Julie Berry Copy Share Image
“What would it be like to die? When the torment and the pain were through, would my soul go to God? Or… — Julie Berry Suffering Copy Share Image
“Kitty found herself in a moment of peril, and like all great women, she let the moment of crisis infuse her with… — Julie Berry Time Copy Share Image
“So kill us. Kill us all. Kill my daughters, kill me, kill and kill and kill until all that's left is to… — Julie Berry Children Copy Share Image
“Grateful as I was for the safety of my hidden life, I was reminded so often of who I was--an alien in… — Julie Berry Grateful Copy Share Image
I always want readers to lose themselves completely in a story and feel something, whatever the book invites them to feel. That… — Julie Berry Book Copy Share Image
“To tell the truth will make me loathsome in your eyes. Even more than I already am. I pledge to give you… — Julie Berry Pledge Copy Share Image
“Like the clanging of the bell, the truth crashes in upon me. At last I understand. He took away my voice to… — Julie Berry Bell Copy Share Image
“A toast," Smooth Kitty cried, feeling almost giddy, "to self-government. Saint Etheldreda's School for Young Ladies will be run by young ladies… — Julie Berry Mary jane Copy Share Image
“I don't condone killing, but if killing happens anyway, then I think women go about it much more sensibly. Leave it to… — Julie Berry Business Copy Share Image
“Her wide eyes beheld him in the darkness. Like lamps, they captured the glow of the rising crescent moon. Hope filled his… — Julie Berry Crescent moon Copy Share Image
There is a curious comfort in letting go. After the agony, letting go brings numbness, and after the numbness, clarity. As if… — Julie Berry Agony Copy Share Image
“I don't suppose you believe love could last forever." I'd hurt him. I looked away, chagrined. "You're mistaken," I said. "I do… — Julie Berry Humor Copy Share Image