The Story Of Beautiful Girl Quotes
"The widow and the girl in the backseat had just defied them right under their noses."
"The farm animals were fed; the dishes were used and washed; new letters were placed in the roadside mailbox."
"Her husband’s face became pleats, and he twirled down into the chair."
"They were looking for a glimpse of anything aside from shoes—shoes that seemed too large."
"The river between the counties was sure to flood. She couldn’t hear her spoon in the batter."
"Privacy could go too far, though; look at her husband, his heart encircled by silence."
"The man’s hands were aloft, gesturing his words."
"She would offer the sofa, but they lowered themselves to the chairs."
"The baby was making the whimpering sounds that the widow had mistaken for the woman."
"The widow touched her chest as they came toward her. 'Don’t you look like a dream.'"
"I never forgot that," Eva said, turning around. "Not that it helped me with tests." She smiled. "But when I was sitting in front of a pile of construction paper and glitter, it reassured me that I’d be able to do something beautiful with it."
"It can’t get to us now. We’re way up here, and you’re safe with me."
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"All he had to do was keep fear at bay until they pulled into a train yard, then hop a boxcar back to the city he’d just left and find his way to the river."
"Beautiful Girl sneaking into the barn one afternoon, where she laughed as he taught her to milk cows."
"Beautiful Girl in Chubby Redhead’s office, where she wedged the radio in his pocket so he could feel the vibrations and they moved their feet in a slow dance."
"He realized he was on the run again. Yet he felt nothing like the rage that had overtaken him long ago."
"I don’t let nothin’ break me, I used to say. I got things to do, and being your big brother the highest one, and nothin’ gonna stop me from that."
"Giving, he found, made him proud. And pride made him bolder with doing what he had a knack for—unclogging pipes, oiling hinges, driving the tractor."
"Even though Homan was far from sure about what had happened, he told himself Little One was in the safe hands of Roof Giver."
"He’d wake thinking about a lady being in bed with him, and the saddle part of him would be all afire."
"Then one day Homan helped Big-Bellied Handyman set a window straight. Soon he started getting privileges."
"Maybe the thirty-eight years he’d been on this earth hadn’t been a long stagger from one calamity to the next. Maybe there was more to it."
"Could that be what life was? A big drawing, with every color being just where it was meant to be."
"Run!" Homan did not lift his eyes. He knew the man must have climbed to the roof, maybe after yelling up."
"Over the next many days, as he kept nursing himself back to vigor, he thought that maybe when you’re making your way forward into your life, it just looks higgledy-piggledy."
"Her breath came out in the air; snow had begun falling."
"Preacher Bouncing Hair was moving across the stage, sweat rolling down his face."
"It’s always best when you do your own deciding."
"Then one morning, the Silvers piled him and the boys in the car and drove down the road a long, long way."
"He ran after them only to see their car already pulling onto the road."
"He wasn’t in a place where he could hide behind buildings or jump freights."
"How could he not help? It was just one kid and one time."
"If you could walk out that gate right now and never come back, would you?"
"But I like that story. The one about the difference between heaven and the other place."
"You are the sunshine of my life. That’s why I’ll always stay around."
"I can’t tell you what it’s like having a sister no one talks about."
"I’ve lived here since I was a week old. This is my home."
"Thank you for making Dr. Hagenbuch so appalled by the School that he quit."
"She’ll be a good student. I must do everything I can to get to see that."
"It was a long time ago, but Smokes should be brought to justice."
"You're holding out for someone who let you down."
"How could you live with yourself after that?"
"Bad things happened, and I will not tell you them all. But I will tell you some."
"A rainy day is better than no day. A small happiness can make a big sadness less sad."
"You have only to look in the face of anyone you love and you will see me. I am here for you always."
"Life just ashes to ashes and dust to dust. And there nothing you can do about it neither."
"The sky was crying outside, and as she watched the drops come down, she thought: A rainy day can actually be a very important day."
"I thought it was a different one. It looked like a glass beehive, but a lot of it was broken."
"Yet it was ridiculous, he thought, hitting 50 mph, 60 mph, passing pokey cars, farms, woods."
"It was the place where I last saw her. Saw them."