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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 99ce4f8 | He was killed while serving in the military, during operation Desert Storm." She had only the vaguest recollection of the conflict. She had been in grade school when it was going on, and the conflict had been as remote as a space shuttle launch. Seeing the man in the picture, with his hauntingly familiar smile, suddenly made it real to her. "I'm terribly sorry." | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 791fb5d | Listen, Sarah," he said. "We have to deal with this. Just...take it easy. We'll talk about it some more tonight." | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 8e2cd3d | The empty prairie, crisscrossed by a grid of startlingly straight roads, rolled out like a vast wasteland in front of the hood ornament of the GTO. It was remarkable, Sarah thought, how quickly the suburban sprawl of Chicago gave way to the broad gray-and-white checkerboard of the heartland at its most bleak. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| a8ac67b | watched as the earth mother turned into a corporate dominatrix, chewing out the legal counsel | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 369c55f | She parked and got out of the car, feeling the wind sweep upward over her, lifting the hem of her jacket, ruffling her hair. She walked to the edge of the cliff and for a long time, stood frozen and stared as though mesmerized by the swirling, white-veined swells that gathered like great fists drawn back for a blow, then smashed themselves against the rocks below, exploding into a spray of diamonds. Some of the spray was so fine that a seri.. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| ce3d2f5 | Maybe, she thought, the secret to a happy life was learning to get through the unhappy periods intact. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| ba2137f | the one who was lost. It was as if someone had pulled a dark hood over her face, spun her around until she was dizzy, then thrust her forward, to grope her way blindly through life, praying she would find something to hold on to. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| e010399 | If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good. The statement was attributed to Theodore Seuss Geisel--better known as Dr. Seuss. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 60cb8be | No more taking the Lord's name in vain or even in earnest. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 6cf3bc6 | but in a town full of nobodys, she's practically somebody. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| bb7cf1b | the main character saying things like "In my world, chocolate is a vegetable." | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 8872c85 | Sometimes desperation can look a lot like bravery, | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 5b0257d | Passion for a pursuit was the best feeling. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 3679da8 | Memories are like a series of locked doors, and once you manage to get one open, it leads to another, and then another and so on. The hard part is finding the key to that first lock and getting through it. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 278e3c4 | Often, the most important part of a conversation was the waiting. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| e842a5b | Things happen as they are meant to happen. There is no grand plan, just flawed human beings bumbling through life. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| d448044 | He was the worst kind of liar, the kind who took hearts as hostages and broke them with impunity. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 56212c6 | Falling for him was too easy. Falling in general was easy. It was the landing you had to watch out for. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 0f21b48 | Survival was a powerful driving force, stronger than hatred and love combined. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| d3d7a12 | loved coming here. It always felt so...safe. I was allowed to read any book I wanted. No one interrupted me, or if they did, it was done gently and with respect. I always wished the rest of the world would be run like a library. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 09aa9b2 | The human spirit could brave anything so long as there was some better future to believe in. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 3110ad3 | A lot of things would be lost or undone if people sat around, waiting for a miracle. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| c8a824f | She was starting to see that there was nothing wrong with sometimes letting the day unfold according to its own rhythm. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 296e11f | Sometimes the true value of the piece is how much a person loves it. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 6c26804 | Everyone had pain. But not everyone had to stay hidden behind it. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 3a65bcb | The disaster came so swiftly and so completely that there was, Ryan conceded, a certain poetry in its magnificence. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 778be86 | The sea was his mistress, one with the power to heal, nurture, love, torture... or destroy at her caprice. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| b990eb2 | Gougeres Gougeres are airy French cheese puffs that originated in France, and are traditionally served this time of year with champagne dry, not brut. 1 cup water 1 stick unsalted butter, cut into small pieces 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup flour 4 large eggs 1 1/2 cups coarsely grated Gruyere cheese Preheat oven to 375degF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the water, butter and salt in a saucepan and bring to a boil, then reduce he.. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 06aa444 | My mother used to always tell me to embrace my dreams. If I can give you a chance to do so, then it's a gift to me, as well. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 207d9f0 | Time and circumstances could batter away at it, like waves on a rocky shore, but for some people, love never died. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 17c8fad | Maybe the lesson to be learned here was that the price of letting someone into her heart was the pain of letting go. Or maybe the even harder work of holding on, no matter what the risk. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 998e5ba | we can move past our history, but we can never truly erase it. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 46a0941 | Prayer is talking to God about all kinds of things. You would never expect to have a good relationship with a human being if you never spoke to that person or took time to listen to him or her, would you? Then why would you think you could enjoy a growing relationship with God if you never spoke or listened to Him? | Joyce Meyer | ||
| 855b783 | Savory Frittata Always use naturally nested eggs laid by uncaged chickens. The eggs taste better, and the chickens will thank you. 4 medium potatoes, scrubbed and diced fine 6 large, fresh eggs 1/ 4 cup cream 3/ 4 cup chopped tomatoes 1 small zucchini, grated 1/ 4 sweet onion, chopped 1 Tablespoon minced herbs, including oregano, thyme, flat-leaf parsley, red pepper flakes, garlic 2 Tablespoons olive oil + 1 Tablespoon sweet butter salt and.. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 409caef | Because it would be worse than never having them in the first place. I just enjoy the time I'm given with the animals. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| b5d87a4 | Difficulty is a miracle in its first stage. --Amish proverb | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 409d4b2 | Be still. Be silent. Find the center of yourself. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| e853d28 | We all have our own unique gifts. It is incumbent upon the larger society to discover them. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 0c2e559 | Torta Crema (Italian Cream Cake) 1 stick unsalted butter, softened 1/ 2 cup shortening 2 cups sugar 5 eggs, separated 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon soda 1 cup buttermilk 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup flaked coconut 1 cup chopped pecans Cream the butter and shortening, add the sugar and beat some more. Add egg yolks and beat. Mix flour and baking soda, and add alternately with buttermilk. Stir in vanilla, coconut and pecans. Fold in stiffly beaten egg .. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| f9288b2 | Cream Cheese Icing 1 package cream cheese, softened 1/ 2 cup pure unsalted butter, softened 1 box powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla Chopped pecans and coconut Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add butter and sugar, then stir in vanilla and beat until smooth. Frost cooled cake in pan or in layers. Top with chopped pecans and coconut. Serve with good strong coffee, or espresso if you have the equipment. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| f1a2beb | Pasta with Garlic Scapes and Fresh Tomatoes In Italy, you can find a garden anywhere there is a patch of soil, and in many areas, the growing season is nearly year round. It's common to find an abundant tomato vine twining up the wall near someone's front stoop, or a collection of herbs and greens adorning a window box. Other staples of an Italian kitchen garden include aubergine, summer squash varieties and peppers of all sorts. Perhaps th.. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 4ec1898 | Stay woke, | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 04656a5 | She had always been good at dreaming, but what she had never done before was believe a dream could actually come true. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 9d6a9b8 | My dear, you are unhappy to the last inch of your shadow. I fear this state is so familiar to you that you no longer recognize it as unhappiness. | Susan Wiggs |