Quotes from Carolyn Brown

She said that what was in the past was best left there and that talking about it was like stirring a fresh cow pile with a wooden spoon. Didn't accomplish a thing, and only made the stink and the flies worse and the spoon useless for anything else.

A mother might not like her children at times, but she always loved them.

The tenderness of his mouth barely touching hers and his drawl combined to send a heat flash through her whole body. If that brief contact created such an effect, a relationship might burn down the house.

I want to cultivate readers.

Oh. My. Sweet. Lord, she gasped. If every time gets more intense, we'll burn out the relationship, he said hoarsely. But what a way to go. She nestled down into the crook of his arm when he shifted his weight to one side.

refill the aspirin bottle

What is it about men? Just because they can settle something with three words, they can't understand that womenfolk need to figure out things." "They're from Mars, remember?" Paula told her in a flat tone. "I think they're from further out than that." Jody filled her plate and took it to the table.

picture of Percy throwing away the first pancakes she'd made after they were married because they weren't perfectly round flashed through her mind. She quickly hit the mental "Delete" button, determined that she was never going to think about him again.

wonder Nettie hadn't told her to get out there

It's never too late to start all over. As long as you have breath in your lungs and a brain in your head, you can take the bull by the horns, spit in his eye, and make a new and better life for yourself.

like Gert is here, but . . ." She couldn't find the words to finish.

Change is never easy. We fight to hold on and we fight to let go.

serve it also. The corners of her full mouth turned

Beauty is the light within you that shines out, not the jewelry you hang on your body, the fancy clothes you wear, or the makeup you use. A person can be gorgeous on the outside, but the evil inside them ruins every bit of the prettiness.

Love will put you face-to-face with endless obstacles. It will ask you to reveal the parts of yourself you tirelessly work at hiding. It will ask you to find compassion for yourself and receive what it is you are convinced you are not worthy of. Love will always demand more. Surrender to being seen and being loved. Surrender to the beauty of revealing yourself to yourself, and to the ones who saw you before you saw you.

sometimes a leopard can change its spots if the right woman comes along.

He raised an eyebrow. "You plan whatever you want. I'll be

table. Her phone rang at the same time she flipped the book open. "Mama

Agnes shook a finger at her. "Stop your caterwauling. I didn't poison you. I just used five bars of Ex-Lax in a pan of fudge. And I mixed Miralax with the milk so I wouldn't have to put in that pinch of salt. It was guaranteed to start working in one hour or less. Didn't miss it by much, did it? If you die tomorrow morning, we can bury you in a shoebox, Violet Prescott, because you won't be full of shit no more.

Life doesn't come with guarantees.

Momma always said that a true lady never lets someone know when he's riled her; otherwise, she's giving away her power and her crown. My

Lily slid across the seat, wrapped her arms

You have to forgive her, Emma. Not for her sake. She doesn't deserve it. But for your sake, so that you don't become bitter like she is. I told her for years that she wasn't doing the right thing by you, but she wouldn't listen.

When opportunity knocks, you don't leave it standing on the doorstep. You invite it in and feed it chocolate cake.