“I hear them, the fallen priest and the lady. Their footsteps sound like the soft hush of rain over the stone floors.” — Rene Denfeld Copy Share Image
“He knows that when she passes, a grief will rip through him unlike anything he has ever known. Preparing for it doesn't… — Rene Denfeld Aloneness Copy Share Image
“The land beyond rose into dizzying mountains. Far across the way a frozen waterfall resembled a charging lion. The trees were shrouded… — Rene Denfeld Copy Share Image
“I sit on my narrow bunk and caress my long yellow toenails and stare at my walls.” — Rene Denfeld Copy Share Image
“[...] and every time she says the word, it breaks her heart into pieces that she has to pick up in her… — Rene Denfeld Time Copy Share Image
“She stopped by an empty field, the soil abandoned, gone to mustard weed and grass. Lush bundles of crimson clover lined the… — Rene Denfeld Trees Copy Share Image
“In the years since, she had discovered the sacrament of life did not demand memory. Like a leaf that drank from the… — Rene Denfeld Life Copy Share Image
“Inside, the lies you tell become the person you become. On the outside, sun and reality shrink people back to their actual… — Rene Denfeld Copy Share Image
“she winds her way through gorgeous blue conifer forests, past glistening rivers and curves that give glimpses of heaven.” — Rene Denfeld Copy Share Image
“She said we are all part of a secret club. Someday, she said, we will take over the earth. It will be… — Rene Denfeld Life lessons Copy Share Image
“She thinks how sad it is that we remember the killers and not their victims. What if the world forgot Hitler and… — Rene Denfeld Copy Share Image
“The walls that might make others feel like they are suffocating have become my lungs.” — Rene Denfeld Copy Share Image
“But he saw Naomi as the wind traveling over the field, always searching, never stopping, and never knowing that true peace is… — Rene Denfeld Loneliness Copy Share Image
“(She) didn't believe in resilience. She believed in imagination.” — Rene Denfeld Imagination Copy Share Image
“No matter how far you have run, no matter how long you have been lost, it is never too late to be… — Rene Denfeld Lost Copy Share Image
“Her courage frightens and amazes me. It make me hopeful for her. Is that what you call love? Is that what you… — Rene Denfeld Courage Copy Share Image
“After a time, it seemed that the world inside the books became my world. So when I thought of my childhood, it… — Rene Denfeld Book Copy Share Image
“They can keep men in here, under lock and key, deep in the dungeon until the final moments of their lives, so… — Rene Denfeld Lock and key Copy Share Image
“Regrets?” Diane asked cheerfully. She made a gusty little sandwich out of crackers and cheese.” — Rene Denfeld Regret Copy Share Image
“No one ever told you what to do when love went away. It was always about capturing love, and keeping love. Not… — Rene Denfeld Lost love Copy Share Image
“The lady hasn’t lost it yet—the sound of freedom. When she laughs, you can hear the wind in the trees and the… — Rene Denfeld Freedom Copy Share Image
“Men who have not been violated don’t understand what it is like to have the edges of your body blurred—to feel that… — Rene Denfeld Copy Share Image
