“The right thing was confusing, and difficult, and sometimes Jason wondered if it was in fact a nonexistent ideal, like heaven or… — Thomas Mullen American dream Copy Share Image
I'm hopeful that people don't give up on marriage. When it works, it's a gift from God because you can't always have… — Thomas Mullen Don-t-give-up Copy Share Image
“So although only one of them had seen her face, and that just for a second, they let her disappear into the… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share Image
“She had written Darcy the letter and posted it from her husband's tenth-story office while he was away in some strumpet's bed.… — Thomas Mullen Marriage Copy Share Image
“Atlanta, Georgia. Two parts Confederate racist to two parts Negro to one part something-that-doesn't-quiet-have-a-name-for-it-yet. Neither city nor country but some odd combination,… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share Image
“They had each survived into adulthood by proceeding warily, yet now they were expected to walk with a heavy step and newfound… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share Image
“Because here was what none of them wanted to admit, Leo thought, the thing they were simply too blind or angry or… — Thomas Mullen Life Copy Share Image
“And what a city! The perfect geometric layout, the wide avenues and clean sidewalks, all the monuments bathes in celestial light. The… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share Image
“The first time Negro officers had been needed in a courtroom, the judge had refused to let them enter in uniform, demanding… — Thomas Mullen First time Copy Share Image
“Another time he felt himself reenacting a conversation with father, a long talk about duty and honor and all the reasons why… — Thomas Mullen Another time Copy Share Image
Marriage - as its veterans know well - is the continuous process of getting used to things you hadn't expected. — Thomas Mullen Expected Copy Share Image
“Rake had been amazed by hos much he missed the South while at war. Even the crushing heat. Even the sharp pain… — Thomas Mullen Bare feet Copy Share Image
“The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended… — Thomas Mullen Book Copy Share Image
“Maybe you could drive yourself crazy trying to chart backward all the causes and effects, all the ends and means, tracing everything… — Thomas Mullen Gray area Copy Share Image
“He asked that the Lord keep her spirit, whoever she was. He asked that she find peace. And he prayed for the… — Thomas Mullen Forgiveness Copy Share Image
