I suppose more than anything, it’s the way of life in this part of the country that influences my writing. In Eastern North Carolina, with the exception of Wilmington, most people live in small towns.
Like her father, he wasn’t comfortable sharing his thoughts and feelings. She tried to explain that she needed to be closer to him, but it had never seemed to make a difference.
It was a lesson that I would learn in time though it wasn’t Hegbert who taught me.
As they spoke, the only thing I could think about was that scene from Julius Caesar where Brutus stabs him in the back. Et tu, Eric?
Love puts all logic to sleep. Otherwise, we wouldn’t risk it.
Tough toenails, tiger. What you want and what you get are usually two entirely different things.
Being with him was like toast and butter from the very beginning.
Men are like that sometimes – if they meet someone and fall in love, it’s real, no matter how fast it happened. But if someone falls for a woman they happen to care about, all they do is question the man’s intentions.
Most people lived their lives like criminals: act first, worry about the consequences later.
When I told you that I’d pray for you, what did you think I was talking about?
Consider yourself lucky for having met him, for he’s the kind of man who’ll prove you right.
Women had a tendency to see what they wanted to see i men, at least in the beginning.
Relationships are the most important thing in life, and friends are a part of that.
A surprise trigonometry quiz that everyone in class fails? Must be in the Lord’s plan to give us challenges.
I’m not perfect, either. In the end, it’s only God’s judgement that matters, and I’ve learned enough to know that no one can presume to know the will of God.
I hadn’t done any of the things that I normally did with girls, yet somehow I’d fallen in love.
Don’t let fear govern your decision.
Commitment, I finally said. Both people have to be committed. I think if two people are committed to the marriage, if they really want to make it work, then they’ll find a way to do it. No matter what happens in life.
It would be like describing colors to someone blind from birth: The words might be understood, but the concept would remain mysterious and private.
A person with autism lives in his own world, while a person with Asperger’s lives in our world, in a way of his own choosing.