Quotes from C.J. Carmichael

Independence is a fine thing. But having people in your life who love you and need you is a hell of a lot better.

God. Her husband was in love with another woman. This man she'd thought was her partner, her lover, her friend was really a stranger. For months he'd been lying, sneaking around behind her back…

The root of the modern day library goes back to the United Kingdom and 1847 when Parliament appointed a committee, led by William Ewart, to consider the necessity of establishing, throughout the nation, free libraries, assessable by all. - per Michael H. Harris in The History of Libraries in the Western World *

Mallory's breath shuddered. "Oh, Claire. Does happily ever after even exist anymore?

wasn't just his career he needed to rethink. He might also have to revisit his no romance at work policy.

Chances were, Daisy really needed that money. And if she was using it for alcohol, or drugs, well, Charlotte only hoped they bought her peace. Lots

Happily ever after had been her favorite ending. Despite the hard facts of their existence—deserted by their father, dirt poor, living in a trailer—she'd believed in it. Jamie, like their mother, saw the best in everyone.

He thought back on the accidental meeting he'd witnessed between these two yesterday and realized this wasn't the beginning.

I'll be on my way soon," he promised. "Let me pay for this first." He put the "S" on the counter. He'd chosen milk chocolate. She preferred dark.

Ann stooped in front of Geneva. "Good-bye, honey. I hope you come and see us again soon." Geneva said nothing, just stared at her solemnly. "Thanks for everything," Justin said. "Good luck making that ballet class." He led his daughter outside where she immediately cringed as the cold air and snow pelted her face. "I'm sorry I didn't bring the car.

So like Miriam to look for the easy way.

By then half the staff from the Sheriff's Office, as well as several paramedics, were on the scene. She'd been allowed a brief look at Daisy's watch—to confirm Dougal's identification, but not the remains. After that, she'd felt frantically upset and the paramedics had given her something to calm her down. Later,

But I don't feel as if a black cloud hangs over my head. I've had a lot of good luck too, you see. I like to think so, anyway." Dougal

There'd been a time, not that long ago, when they'd both spoken the endearment almost daily. Now she couldn't recall the last time she'd heard him say it to her,.

doesn't take much to derail a marriage. Sometimes the small pebble in your shoe at the start of a journey is the one that ends up making the most painful blister.

Marriages fall apart every day," she told her reflection. "Other women live through it. So will you." But how? Claire moved closer to the mirror and stared into her eyes, eyes that Kirk claimed were the color of the irises that bloomed every spring under their front window. Who was this woman staring back at her? A wife. A mother. Who else? What did other people see? What did they think?

spell. Reluctant to stop reading, she closed the book, and then slipped it into her purse so she could pick it up later at home. She went to the windows that banked the west wall where chairs and tables were arranged next to a display of magazines. Ian

Make that two tenants," Dougal said. "I'm giving my notice today, too." *

back in the seventies four women were killed. Librarians....

But wanting to change, and actually making it happen were two different things.

She wished she could just set down the secret and leave it somewhere. But secrets were like land mines. You had to make sure no one stepped on them. Or the whole family might blow up.

I've always thought that as long as there were books left to read, life would always be worth living.