“Life could not be lived backward. There was no undoing the regret, but she could make one last attempt to seek forgiveness.” — Mary Campisi Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“Friends helped friends. They listened, comforted, shared, and encouraged.” — Mary Campisi Friend Copy Share Image
“It’s life, Alice. We can either choose to live it, or lose it. Grant has years ahead, but he’s got to let… — Mary Campisi Grant Copy Share Image
“If she were neater, she might not have to resort to panic searches when she misplaced important things.” — Mary Campisi Important things Copy Share Image
“It was true that one could be more alone with someone than by oneself.” — Mary Campisi True Copy Share Image
“Their physical appearances faded next to the expressions on their faces. Pure joy.” — Mary Campisi Joy Copy Share Image
“A mother knows her children’s weaknesses, even if she sometimes refuses to acknowledge them.” — Mary Campisi Children Copy Share Image
“Amazing how a person’s life could be cut into segments, like an orange, with pith and all. Good part, bad part. Sweet… — Mary Campisi Life Copy Share Image
“Love has nothing to do with it. It’s commitment and toughness when your world shatters around you. It’s losing babies and jobs… — Mary Campisi Broken dreams Copy Share Image
“But God doesn’t make bad things happen or necessarily stop them from happening. What He does do is give us strength to… — Mary Campisi Bad thing Copy Share Image
“His deep voice rose with the conviction reminiscent of a newly ordained priest. “Do we choose those to be judged or those… — Mary Campisi Faith Copy Share Image
“You can’t catch a creature like that anymore than you can catch a person. You can only create an environment they might… — Mary Campisi Animals Copy Share Image
“But it wasn’t the high foreheads, the flat noses, the half protrusion of thick lips that pulled Christine in, held her there,… — Mary Campisi Christianity Copy Share Image
“Mothers always knew what was best for their children, and it was a mother’s duty to steer the child back onto the… — Mary Campisi Children Copy Share Image
“Life was filled with so many twists and turns, like the sides of a prism, giving off light; what seemed wrong before… — Mary Campisi Life Copy Share Image
“We can try to catch moments with people we care about.” She thought of Cash and Tess, JJ, Riki. And Will. “Because… — Mary Campisi Moments Copy Share Image
“Why do some women feel their only value is in their body? Why do they continue to stuff their shapes into too-tight… — Mary Campisi Stilettos Copy Share Image
“Maybe Jenny and Grace weren’t so different from the butterfly… maybe they both needed to simply be who they were, stop trying… — Mary Campisi Family Copy Share Image
“Laura handed Jenny a list the second day that she called “An Adult’s Survival Guide in a Kid’s World.” Lesson one: Peanut… — Mary Campisi Children Copy Share Image
“The child hurled herself into Christine’s arms. “Christine! Christine!” In the seconds that followed, Christine forgot the circumstances that had brought her… — Mary Campisi Children Copy Share Image
“her form of prayer and her mother’s were not the same. Virginia Romano recited Hail Mary’s and Our Fathers, clicking rosary beads… — Mary Campisi Hail mary Copy Share Image
“Anybody that’s ever loved has been hurt, some worse than others. Hearts ripped, trust gone, even hope tossed in the trash.” Those… — Mary Campisi Another chance Copy Share Image
“How could parents raise children and then watch them walk out of their lives? Were they all masochists? Why would they do… — Mary Campisi Children Copy Share Image
“Butterfly Garden is especially important to me because it delves into sibling relationships and family hierarchy as children and as adults. It… — Mary Campisi Children Copy Share Image
“A shrink?” She threw Jenny a look and said, “He’s a psychologist, actually.” “Oh. A mini-shrink.” — Mary Campisi Psychologist Copy Share Image
“But a mother sees her child’s shortcomings, even if she doesn’t admit to them very often.” — Mary Campisi Children Copy Share Image
“No matter what happened in the past, what you did or she didn’t do, nothing can change that. All you got is… — Mary Campisi Past Copy Share Image
“Generations of families flocked to Pastor Richot’s steps to partake in, not only the weekly liturgy, but baptisms, marriages, and funerals—a one-stop… — Mary Campisi Family Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it’s better not to know. Nothing can change what is or what happened and digging around in the past is only… — Mary Campisi Time Copy Share Image
“Dedication: To friends—that word for rare and precious people who care about one another Who cry together Laugh together Dream together You… — Mary Campisi Dedication Copy Share Image
“Caring too much has its own dangers. No matter how far our society’s come, one partner is always more committed than the… — Mary Campisi Caring Copy Share Image
“People walked away all the time, telling themselves they’d be giving up a huge piece of self if they compromised but in… — Mary Campisi Time Copy Share Image
“church organist for the past twenty-one years, stroked the last notes of “Faith of Our Fathers.” The next several minutes were ritual… — Mary Campisi Faith Copy Share Image
“That was the problem with the whole goddamn world; nobody had balls enough to call a spade a spade. Dead was dead;… — Mary Campisi Spade Copy Share Image
“The man possessed a communal strength of body and soul, coupled with endless compassion and a desire to help the less fortunate… — Mary Campisi Compassion Copy Share Image
“They knew how to be content with the ordinary and the simple. There was something to be said for that, and if… — Mary Campisi Happiness Copy Share Image
