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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| c9e3dd0 | I cannot state strongly enough the need for regular exercise. Many people think they don't have time to exercise, but the truth is if you don't take the time now, you may lose more time visiting doctors and having to be inactive and unproductive because you feel bad. Exercise is one of the best sources of energy you can find! | Joyce Meyer | ||
| 503b9dc | RUSTIC TOMATO SAUCE WITHOUT ANY BITTERNESS People go to too much trouble to chop things fine. It's also not necessary to oil the pan for fresh tomatoes. Let the food keep its own character. 6 pounds beefsteak or heirloom tomatoes 4 star anise pods 1 vanilla pod sea salt & cracked black pepper to season white sugar--a pinch, if needed 2 sprigs of fresh thyme 1-2 bay leaves Infusion fresh garlic one bunch fresh basil extra virgin olive oil He.. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| e851118 | walking again. But being inconspicuous on | Susan Wiggs | ||
| dd3b780 | The chilly blue of loneliness was a shadow on snow. The | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 365cd23 | Rourke was the Grim Reaper with a hard-on. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 7563c0a | Fine, then just tell me what I need to do. It's your specialty, right? Turning a diamond in the rough into a polished gem." She regarded him skeptically. "Assuming there's a precious stone under that exterior." "Ha. You know it, sugar pie." "New rule," she said. "Don't go around calling women names like sugar pie." "If I called men names like that, people would think I'm queer." "And don't say queer." "Everybody says queer. It's even in the.. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 9fe0285 | No, this was the kind of moment that made everything stop. You separated it from every other one, pressing the feeling to your heart, like a dried flower slipped between the pages of a beloved book. The moment was made of something fragile and delicate, yet it possessed the power to last forever. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| fd8ea42 | Love wasn't a selfish thing. It was the kindest, most generous impulse a man could have. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 630b16a | It seemed most of the town rallied around her, and the attention and caring seemed to boost Nina's spirits. It gave Sonnet hope, too. There was something powerful in the energy that came from friends and neighbors and family. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| a596c9b | The cut was only the beginning. With Goldi acting as art director, a couple of girls in pink smocks swooped in and painstakingly separated strands of his hair and painted them with a noxious substance. Then they carefully encased the locks in foil so he resembled a Star Trek extra. He was placed in a chair where--no lie--they lowered a plastic dome over his head and set it on Bake. Under the plastic dryer-dome, Bo sat there like an abductee.. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 33fbb3f | Why did joy bring the same tears as sadness? Why did the throat and chest ache with fire, regardless? Was it because, deep down, everyone knew it was fragile and ephemeral? Did the tears come from the knowledge that everything could turn in the blink of an eye? | Susan Wiggs | ||
| c23f579 | Winston Churchill once said, "When you are going through hell, keep going." | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 31c247b | Through this. Through to where? Where did you end up when you got through something? What happened at the end of through? Was it a destination? Or another open door? An escape hatch? | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 672f29e | Precision in language was the key to clarity. Specificity | Susan Wiggs | ||
| e6bbfd2 | There are many ways to make a family, and that's really the essence of The Lakeshore Chronicles books. As each story ends, a new one unfolds. The one element they all have in common is the key ingredient that makes everything hold together--love. I deeply appreciate the readers who have been so supportive of these books. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| a562c45 | Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with." --Mark Twain" | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 84008a1 | Only Grandfather knew the truth, that there was no career or calling more thrilling, demanding or rewarding than raising a child. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 2bc2a9e | She had to teach herself not to feel. Refusing to feel hurt also meant she numbed herself to joy, but the sacrifice was worth it. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 1b14527 | A fawn eats the equivalent of its body weight every twenty-four hours." "How do you know that?" "Read it in a book. I read sixty books last year." "Geez," he said. "Why?" "'Cause there wasn't time to read more," she said with a superior sniff. "Hard" | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 0aa6bdb | The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it." --Alan Saporta, American musician" | Susan Wiggs | ||
| b2c89f8 | Do you feel the magic?" "Aye," he breathed into her salt-dusted hair. "It's all around me, but most especially, here in my arms." -- | Susan Wiggs | ||
| f44b203 | Take the helm and sail your own ship. Don't just get into the boat with nobody at the helm and merely hope that the waves of life take you somewhere good. | inspirational life-lessons | Joyce Meyer | |
| 24e26d4 | Then you agree that you should keep me." With the smug satisfaction of an argument won, he propped his shoulder against the stall door. Her eyes picked him over as if he were a carved goose on a table. "Aye, I'll have to either keep you...or kill you." "I vote for keeping me." A glint of humor shone in her eyes. "And I shall so long as you behave yourself." "And if I don't behave? If I try to escape?" "I'll hunt you down and kill you." The .. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| cb6b86d | she read books the way an addict swallowed pills. She devoured stories one after the other, trying not to let reality intrude too deeply. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 7fb0bd4 | Make me a part of this place. Make me a part of Caitlin. Please, God, I love her so. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| ae6d4f9 | You're bleeding," he said. "A thorn prick, no more," she stated. "I didn't know fairy creatures could bleed. I always fancied them spun of mist and moonlight, not flesh and blood." "Let go." "No, my love--" "I'm not a fairy creature, and I am surely not your love." "It's just an expression." "It's a lie. But 'tis no high wonder to me. I'd be expecting falsehoods from a Sassenach." "Poor Caitlin. Does it hurt?" Very slowly, with his eyes fix.. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 923cb25 | No, my darling. I'll love the woman you keep hidden inside you. You've led men to battle, but never into your heart. Men respect you, they obey you, but they see you as a warrior. You've never had the chance to blossom. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 4181307 | her home; it just happened to be where she lived. This was the House that Jack Built, she thought, hearing the singsong rhythm of the old children's story in her head. And this was the wife who lived in the house that Jack built. And there was the mistress that screwed the husband that ignored the wife who lived in the house that Jack built.... | Susan Wiggs | ||
| b7a23e1 | This job made it possible for you to stay home all day and draw pictures. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 3eaf0cc | Having a father who worked at SHAPE was a wonderful opportunity for Sonnet, who would be serving at NATO as an intern. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| a842803 | Cait," he said softly, his hand covering hers and slowing the motion of the comb. "Put that down and look at me." She stiffened. "Don't be touching me, Englishman." "I don't think I can help myself." She tossed her head, and her downy hair rippled across his chest. He smelled its wild, fresh fragrance. "Scared?" "Never," she swore. "Then turn around." She pivoted sharply, but he kept hold of her and Caitlin found herself pinned between him .. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| d82c964 | Good God, what must I do to win you? | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 6fbdeaa | I want you to look at me and see no other than the man you love. I want you to feel a start of pure joy when you awaken in the morning and find me beside you. I want you to wish you could rush the sunset so that we can be together sooner. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 4a9fd0d | I want you in every way a man can want a woman, and in ways we've yet to invent. Every single day and night. Now, come here. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| a9433bc | You can either kill me. Or marry me," he said. His suggestion slammed into her with the force of a blow. She reeled back. "No!" He bent and began fishing nails out of the bucket. "No to what?" "To both choices. I will neither kill you in cold blood, nor marry an Englishman." "I'm relieved by the former, but you'll have to explain the latter. Why won't you marry me?" "It isn't obvious?" An intoxicating smile slid across his face. "Not with t.. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| da4c042 | Just my luck, she thought. Here I am in the middle of nowhere, and Easy Rider comes to my rescue. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| dfb7006 | We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 632067b | The main boy--the one who was calling the shots--pushed | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 75726bd | think about kissing boys all the time. Me and all my friends. We even practice making out with our pillows. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| eb7f3c7 | Just being a good person doesn't necessarily entitle you to a good life. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 63ffbc4 | Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. --Hamilton Wright Mabie (1846--1916), American essayist | Susan Wiggs | ||
| cecdac7 | Hearts would have to break and be mended, truths would be revealed, risks would be taken. Which, when he thought about it, was simply the way life worked--messy, unpredictable, joyous, mysterious, hurtful and redemptive. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 581d8f4 | A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature." --Henry David Thoreau Walden, "The Ponds" | Susan Wiggs | ||
| f9e25b2 | And aside from that kiss--awkward and way too...slobbery--things were going all right. | Susan Wiggs |