Quotes from RaeAnne Thayne

Once, she had ridden her bicycle into a fence just because he had happened to drive past and wave at her.

giving herself up to the magic

Do not let your fears stand in the way of your happiness. If you're willing to let those fears be more important to you than the love you feel for him, then I would have to agree with what you said before. He does deserve someone better.

Every house where love abides and friendship is a guest, is surely home, and home, sweet home, for there the heart can rest.

I used to babysit Brooke Callahan, Claire thought with some dismay. Could the girl really be old enough to legally operate that stethoscope?

But life is never exactly perfect, as much as we might want it to be. We have to figure out how to find the joy, anyway.

The hardest part of being a parent is accepting that not every decision you made for your children benefited them as much as you hoped it would. You do your best and pray it's enough to help them become decent, well-adjusted humans making a difference in the world.

Sometimes you have to break a few rules in life, especially when the stakes are high enough.

I figure a kid who takes that much pride in doing the small jobs the right way won't fail when it comes to the big ones.

be here if she hadn't decided to have another baby.

We were all doing exactly what we needed to be doing. What's the point of talking over the pulpit about how a baby changed the world if you're not willing to help be that change yourself?

the reappearance of Flynn Delaney in her world. She couldn't seem to shake the weird feeling that her safe, comfortable world was about to change.

Everybody has nightmares," she answered. "To paraphrase John Irving, you don't get to pick them. They pick you." "True enough.

he didn't have to carry his pain alone, that the entire town wanted to help. This was a beautiful, comfortable, warm place for him to heal—for Wes to see that life could once more be filled with grace, with beauty. With love.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we were all given one do-over in life?" she murmured. "One free pass to go back and change one action, one decision, one thoughtless word?" He gave her a searching look, as if trying to figure out what moment she would alter. Finally he nodded. "One would be a start, I suppose, though I probably could use about a half dozen free passes." "Instead, we have to do our best to live with the consequences of our choices.

He looked around at the chaos of the jacked-up children and then back at his nervous daughter. "I believe I'll stay, if you don't mind." What if she did mind? What if the idea of him watching her for the next two hours made her more nervous than a turkey at Thanksgiving?

She'd forgotten how dogs could reach in and grab hold of a person's heart.

You did so well today. All of you." "Thanks," Louisa said. "It's really fun. I hope we do it again next year." Not unless Hope found some other sucker to be in charge, she thought again. "I've had lots of fun, too," Olivia said.

He swallowed. He'd done that? He didn't have much memory of it, only of a quiet girl with big eyes and long dark hair. "Why would you be mortified? It was an accident." She snorted a little. "Right. I ran into your grandmother's mailbox because I wasn't paying attention to where I was going. It was all your fault for mowing the lawn without your shirt on." He stared down at her. "That's why you crashed?

Nice shirt," Rafe murmured in a low voice as she passed him. Baffled, she glanced down and then could have died from mortification. It was the Sleep with a Librarian shirt that Hope and Faith had given her one Christmas as a joke. She never wore it, of course—it wasn't her style at all—but she'd thrown it on that morning under her sweater, knowing she was going to be painting the scenery later and it would be perfect for the job.

she found solace and calm, here amid her friends. Like beads on a wire, they were all connected, linked together by bonds of friendship and family, by shared experiences and a common passion for beading.

I never stopped loving you. Even with everything between us, some part of me always loved you.

That's what I thought I wanted. A nice, safe, uneventful life…Safe and uneventful are just other words for lonely. - Matt Harte

necessarily want to go. "Don't know why not. We can probably swing that before the holidays." Christmas was just around the corner and he was completely unprepared for it. He didn't like celebrating the holidays in the first place. He didn't really feel like hanging out at some cheesy Christmas moneymaking venture aimed at pouring holiday spirit down his throat like cheap bourbon.