Quotes from Carolyn Brown

Tears on the outside fall to the ground and are slowly washed away. Tears on the inside fall on the soul. And stay and stay and stay.

The past is the past. We can't undo it," Tabby said after a long sigh. "What you did almost two decades ago can't define the future any more than what I did about that same time can determine how tomorrow looks for me. We'd probably all choose to do things different if we could go back, but then we have to ask ourselves if we would be the same people we are today if we could do that.

When life gives you lemons, make chocolate chip cookies and make the whole world wonder what you've been up to.

Accept who you are and be good at what you do.

Songs speak to me," she whispered. "They always have. They get down into my heart and strike emotions so deep that I wonder where they come from.

Let go of the past. Live today and look forward to the future

Choices have consequences, Rita. You chose to leave and not look back. Now you have to live with that decision. Like my grandpa used to say, 'Sometimes it's too late to do what you should've been doin' all along.' Anything else you want to talk about?" Graham

As Aunt Bee has said before, everything can't be all rainbows and unicorn farts

positive can't survive in a negative atmosphere

That was an 'I love you' kiss.

Nothing was ever definite, but in that moment, Jill's soul had found a permanent home.

Guilt trips never take you anywhere. Her mother's old adage came to mind.

than this landline.

Sage was right behind her and when she passed by Creed's chair he reached out and touched her arm. She stopped and looked down at him quizzically. You sure look pretty this morning, he said.

When he smiled his teeth looked like a picket fence that a tornado had wrecked.

it to the bottom. It clattered and rattled all the way down

I vowed to find something to laugh about every day for the rest of my life.

Believing is the key." Luke stretched out beside her. "I believe I love you. I believe you love me. I believe we will be happy and that we'll get through whatever life throws at us together.

We're not going to borrow trouble until we know there's trouble to be had

Just the mention of that woman's name gives me hives

Lord, give me the strength to fight the battle ahead, she prayed silently, and then looked up at Ruth Ann. "He stormed out of the house, and I never got to tell him I was sorry. A mother never, ever gets over that kind of grief, and I will always blame Matilda for ruining my relationship with my only child.

Lily had two kids who'd disappointed her, but like Ophelia, she still loved them both—even if both of them had pulled some crazy stunts. A mother might not like her children at times, but she always loved them.

When we come to the edge of the light we know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, of this we can be sure…either God will provide something solid to stand on or we will be taught to fly.

didn't ask if you loved him or even if you were in love with him. I asked if you like him.