Some feelings are stronger than fear: love, longing, desire. Luanne Rice More Quotes by Luanne Rice More Quotes From Luanne Rice Love is the easiest thing there is. It's the layers of doubt, fear, and expectation that make it complicated. Luanne Rice expectations doubt love-is Anyone with a heart, with a family, has experienced loss. No one escapes unscathed. Every story of separation is different, but I think we all understand that basic, wrenching emotion that comes from saying goodbye, not knowing if we'll see that person again-or perhaps knowing that we won't. Luanne Rice loss heart goodbye One of my earliest memories is of seeing my mother in her beach chair, reading a book under an umbrella by the water's edge while my sisters and I played beside her. Of all the life lessons she taught me, that is one of my favorites: to take time at a place I love, restore my spirit with books and the beach. Luanne Rice mother memories beach The music never leaves. Once you have it, you can't lose it. Luanne Rice loses I was born in a library, in the fiction stacks. Luanne Rice library born fiction Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing of all. Luanne Rice hardest waiting sometimes The biggest mistake any of us can make is thinking that love is a feeling, an emotion. It's not that at all. It's an action. Luanne Rice mistake love-is thinking never judge anyone by their appearance, or the car they drive, or the house they live in, or even by the words they say. judge people by their actions. that's how you know whether they're bad or good." - perfect Summer Luanne Rice car summer people Missing pieces do more than complete the puzzle, they fill in an empty space. Luanne Rice pieces space missing You fall in love with the girl next door but married her sister. Luanne Rice falling-in-love girl doors I am honored to have had two Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions made from my novels - Silver Bells and Follow the Stars Home. Luanne Rice silver-bells stars home Judgment is easy: it is black and white, as brutal as a gavel strike. Luanne Rice judgment black-and-white easy Safe Harbor is a state of mind... its the place - in reality or metaphor - to which one goes in times of trouble or worry. It can be a friendship, marriage, church, garden, beach, poem, prayer, or song. Luanne Rice prayer song beach Our stories remind us how precious and fragile life can be-- and that we must risk our hearts everyday to know happiness. Luanne Rice risk everyday heart The Secret Life of Bees proves that a family can be found where you least expect it-maybe not under your own roof, but in that magical place where you find love. The Secret Life of Bees is a gift, filled with hope! Luanne Rice finding-love secret bees Hannah writes of love with compassion and conviction. Luanne Rice conviction compassion writing Goodbyes were impossible, unless you didn't realize you were saying them. Luanne Rice realizing impossible goodbye Clear nights are sometimes the coldest. Luanne Rice clear sometimes night How to Be an American Housewife is filled with dreams and love-the kinds that come true and those that don't. Margaret Dilloway is wise and ironic. She has created wonderful characters who never, in spite of hardships, stop finding ways to love each other. Luanne Rice wise dream character happy endings start with new beginnings. Luanne Rice happy-endings new-beginnings
