Laura Bickle Quotes

For me, that was love. Tangible. Love was what was in front of me, not a distant fantasy.

I began to murmur the Lord's Prayer in thanks.
"Shit," Mrs. Parsall said.

Maybe now that Elijah was feeling well enough to be interfering in my business, he'd also be well enough to look after his own chores.

There was a difference, I had decided, between knowing and believing. And I wanted both.

People scared Petra - they were volatile, unpredictable. But the natural world could always be explained. It behaved according to established laws that didn't change. Petra could play by those rules.

Men are essentially useless for the difficult things in life. For births and deaths, one clearheaded woman is more useful than a half-dozen men.

There is only one way to a man's heart. Through gentleness. Not by getting angry or jealous.

I slipped outside ... and into the realm of the ravens.

That is my mom. The lady who made Christmas cookies every year and never figured out how to drive a stick shift. My mom is a Jedi.

God cannot be with everyone. Not everyone is right.

That night I lay in bed and stared out the window. Night and I were old friends.

I was afraid to be Outside alone, without Elijah. But, no matter what, I would have to get used to his absence. I would have to prove to him and to myself that I could.

I think I'd rather be branded than submit to some of the things that you have to." He said this without spite, just a soft statement of fact. "I'm not strong enough to do that.

I ran my fingers over the black ink. "They're holy to you."
Alex flexed his fingers. "They are now.

I wanted the syrupy taste of this small rebellion. And this stupid machine was denying that bit of freedom to me ... just like everyone else.

Shoulders slumped in defeat, I turned to walk away. The drugstore had caved under the force of my criminal will, but the Coke machine was virtuous. Inviolate.