The people you save won't celebrate you. They'll gather the wood and cheer while you burn. — Julie Berry Burn Copy Share Image
“I don't believe in miracles, but if the need is great, a girl might make her own miracle. Even if that means… — Julie Berry Believe in miracles Copy Share Image
“If ever I'd lied my way out of trouble before, oh, Mamà's magic, don't fail me now.” — Julie Berry Lied Copy Share Image
“Would those who knew me ever recognize me? I couldn't recognize myself.” — Julie Berry Knew Copy Share Image
“If I thought I could never love you more, I didn't understand you well enough.” — Julie Berry Love Copy Share Image
“Now I am all alone. My only comfort is my sweet little cat. I'm just an old woman, waiting to die.” — Julie Berry Cats Copy Share Image
“I can wait patiently for many things, but the sun might set before you finish a thought.” — Julie Berry Patiently Copy Share Image
“What I knew him to be was a survivor, and that was what I feared most.” — Julie Berry Fear Copy Share Image
“Beauty hovers around you wherever you go, which is why these two poor young men chase after you when you're covered in… — Julie Berry Beauty Copy Share Image
“I never heard a man speak so boldly, so rudely to a woman. I never knew words could act like fingers, touching… — Julie Berry Judith Copy Share Image
“But life was muffled. Muted. Even my lightest moments were wrapped in relentless grief and loss, pressed down by the anxious taste… — Julie Berry Grief Copy Share Image
And what rules of economy dictate that a boy without a foot is more whole than a girl without a tongue? — Julie Berry Boys Copy Share Image
“All the miles, all the hours, watching, waiting, hunting, pretending. God had heard his prayers and brought him to this moment.” — Julie Berry God Copy Share Image
“Not only was I removed from my own people. Now I was invisible to them.” — Julie Berry Invisible Copy Share Image
“Much marital woe, she reflected, might be prevented by teaching little tozets and tozas early how to properly fight with one another.” — Julie Berry Teaching Little Copy Share Image
“The air smelled of salt and sand and fish. As though all was peace, and harvesttime, and autumn nights. Not the end… — Julie Berry Autumn nights Copy Share Image
“I understand you're a common street thief?" Peter bristled. "Hardly a common one.” — Julie Berry Peter Copy Share Image
“Will we stay here? Will we journey on? Today is not a day for answering such questions" -Judith” — Julie Berry Stay Copy Share Image
“But I did consider you," Peter assured me. "For quite a while. About half an hour. Beatrix wasn't too happy with me.” — Julie Berry Peter Copy Share Image
Like a soldier back from battle you fill my vision. You're a flood, a baptism I'd forgotten, and the force of you… — Julie Berry Baptism Copy Share Image
“To love as my beloved does, I must love all those whom he loves. In heaven, there are neither nobles nor peasants.… — Julie Berry Beloved Copy Share Image
“I wouldn't have believed that after so much pain, my heart could still handle this kind of joy.” — Julie Berry Believed Copy Share Image
“This will be a new amputation. You've been a part of my flesh, underneath all my skin. Your removal will bleed and… — Julie Berry Amputation Copy Share Image
“Come, come," I said. "You may be a lord someday, but you aren't one yet. No need for the courtly manners, and… — Julie Berry Humor Copy Share Image
“It is a mercy, they say, to kill quickly those souls bound for the pyre. A mercy that also ensures the job… — Julie Berry Compassion Copy Share Image
