Angela N. Blount

“Have you ever tried thinking of God as a person instead of an all-powerful vending machine that never gives you the right amount of change? He has feelings too, you know.”

“You feel more like home to me than any place I've ever been.”

“Everybody’s damaged. It’s just a question of how badly, and whether you’re healing or still bleeding.”

“Don't expect a man will try any harder to keep you than he did to get you.”

“Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn't mean to take.”

“At least you earned your belief in something...Most people around here just say they believe whatever their family believes. They don't bother thinking for themselves...And the less they know, the louder they believe it.”

“Then, by your definition... I'm in love with you.”

“Odd, how life makes twists and turns. I never would have guessed that I’d end up where I am now, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world. I wouldn’t trade this path I’m on for the whole solar system, for that matter. If I’ve learned anything these last several months, it’s that sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take.”

“His attentive treatment of her had nothing to do with the presumption that she was weak, and everything to do with the conviction that she was valuable.”