Quotes from Mary Connealy

God, You know I need supernatural control. Help me to be a better person. Help me to find joy in kindness. I need You to be with me every second of every day.

The isolation of this place tightened like a vise around her throat.

It's been hard. Easier was the wrong word. There's nothing easy about freedom. You have to strive. You have to make a plan and stick to it.

Because she was praying so hard when she felt a twist of fear about his leg, she decided it was God putting the notion in her head. She'd get the boot off while Rylan was unconscious.

Losing them leaves this gaping hole in your life and nothing can fill it." He shook his head. "it's a loss you live with forever. I forget how much it hurts, sometimes for days at a time. And then it'll hit me again.

we never quit on each other. None of us. Each of us ran into trouble, and through it all, right up to today, we all stuck together.

certainly lived through more troubles than Tina, though Tina's own life couldn't be considered an easy one.

When they did, she wore a dress, but she grumbled the whole time.

The West is different than where we came from. It's a land that demands strength of people. A land that tests courage. With the muscles in our backs and the brains in our heads, we can do whatever we want out here, and I intend to accept that challenge and grow strong enough to belong in this wild and rich land.

Maizy swallowed hard, a motion that almost strangled her in this blasted dress, and she nodded.

They looked at each other in dismay, and she knew just what he was thinking. He wanted her gone, but he needed her. She wanted to help, but she wanted to do it wearing britches. Neither of them had a hope of getting what they wanted.

rubbed the ugly, jagged scar that ran from the corner of his eye to his hairline just above his ear. He was glad