“Summer came in, with heat enough to melt any desire I felt to live.” — Julie Berry Desire Copy Share Image
“A voice I knew from a lifetime ago sang out from beyond the darkness.” — Julie Berry Darkness Copy Share Image
A miracle that can never be: your face, your hands, pledged to me. — Julie Berry Faces 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
“There is a curious comfort in letting go. After the agony, letting go brings numbness, and after the numbness, clarity" -Judith” — Julie Berry Comfort Copy Share Image
I don't believe in miracles, but if the need is great, a girl might make her own miracle. — Julie Berry Copy Share Image
“What a day this would have been to strum his gittern and think gentler thoughts. In another world, another age.” — Julie Berry Another world Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, in the night, I thought of all the ways life could have been different.” — Julie Berry Copy Share Image
I have to trust that if a story is strong, it can find its readership, and good editors can steer me well. — Julie Berry 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 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
“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
“So gently did they fall, like feathers gliding on a breeze. They disappeared, like foxes slipping into their holes. There, and then… — Julie Berry 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
“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 Thief 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 will speak, though my sounds are crude. I will use words long denied to me, with no apology for how corrupt… — Julie Berry Language 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
“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
“After all our worries, it was high time for some merriment.” — Julie Berry High time Copy Share Image
“Paradise had stiff competition in our corner of Creation.” — Julie Berry Competition Copy Share Image
“Her scent was lavender and linen and the warmth of candlelight.” — Julie Berry Candlelight Copy Share Image
