“When trees burn, they leave the smell of heartbreak in the air.”
―
Jodi Thomas,
Welcome to Harmony
“How many times must hope die before tears were too deep to bear?” ― Jodi Thomas, To Kiss a Texan
“At this rate I never want to talk to you again. Stay mad at me, Allie. It allows us to communicate in other ways.” ― Jodi Thomas, Twisted Creek
“Be my wife, all my life.” ― Jodi Thomas
“That's all any of us can do. Try. sometimes I think it's not the winning or the losing, or even the right and wrong of things, it's the trying that makes us keep on living and hoping.” ― Jodi Thomas, Welcome to Harmony
“And then there was the sad sign that a young woman working at a Tim Hortons in Lethbridge, Alberta, taped to the drive-through window in 2007. It read, “No Drunk Natives.” Accusations of racism erupted, Tim Hortons assured everyone that their coffee shops were not centres for bigotry, but what was most interesting was the public response. For as many people who called in to radio shows or wrote letters to the Lethbridge Herald to voice their outrage over the sign, there were almost as many who expressed their support for the sentiment. The young woman who posted the sign said it had just been a joke.Now, I’ll be the first to say that drunks are a problem. But I lived in Lethbridge for ten years, and I can tell you with as much neutrality as I can muster that there were many more White drunks stumbling out of the bars on Friday and Saturday nights than there were Native drunks. It’s just that in North America, White drunks tend to be invisible, whereas people of colour who drink to excess are not.Actually, White drunks are not just invisible, they can also be amusing. Remember how much fun it was to watch Dean Martin, Red Skelton, W. C. Fields, John Wayne, John Barrymore, Ernie Kovacs, James Stewart, and Marilyn Monroe play drunks on the screen and sometimes in real life? Or Jodie Marsh, Paris Hilton, Cheryl Tweedy, Britney Spears, and the late Anna Nicole Smith, just to mention a few from my daughter’s generation. And let’s not forget some of our politicians and persons of power who control the fates of nations: Winston Churchill, John A. Macdonald, Boris Yeltsin, George Bush, Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Hard drinkers, every one.The somewhat uncomfortable point I’m making is that we don’t seem to mind our White drunks. They’re no big deal so long as they’re not driving. But if they are driving drunk, as have Canada’s coffee king Tim Horton, the ex-premier of Alberta Ralph Klein, actors Kiefer Sutherland and Mel Gibson, Super Bowl star Lawyer Milloy, or the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Mark Bell, we just hope that they don’t hurt themselves. Or others.More to the point, they get to make their mistakes as individuals and not as representatives of an entire race.” ― Thomas King, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
“I avoided Thomas Hardy because everyone should, and anyway, I was depressed enough.” ― Jodi Taylor, A Trail Through Time
“You go to school everyday. Folks who think they've learned everything they need to know are usually dumber than chickens.” ― Jodi Thomas
“Carter placed her fingers over his hand and signed a single sign.“I love you too,” she answered.“How did you know what I said?” He moved his fingers along her arm trying to convince himself she was truly with him. “I listened with my heart.” Her gaze locked with his.” ― Jodi Thomas, The Texan's Wager
“Triumph comes through perserverance.” ― Jodi Thomas, Welcome to Harmony
“He couldn't just take her home, bed her, and wait for children to pop out. Somewhere in between, he'd have to talk to her.” ― Jodi Thomas, The Texan's Wager
“Again, please,” she whispered.(Allie to Wes)” ― Jodi Thomas, To Kiss a Texan
“My father died last year,” Thomas said. “I still look for him in crowds.” “I’m sorry.” He shrugged. “I think grief is like a really ugly couch. It never goes away. You can decorate around it; you can slap a doily on top of it; you can push it to the corner of the room—but eventually, you learn to live with it.” ― Jodi Picoult, Leaving Time
“She kissed him as though there would be no tomorrow, and he kissed her back as if he believed they'd be together forever.” ― Jodi Thomas, The Texan's Wager
“What about me?” Wes snapped. “Don’t I get a vote?”Daniel shook his head. “She’s willing and you’re breathing. I pronounce you man and wife.” ― Jodi Thomas, To Kiss a Texan
“Every day is different, every day I'm on an adventure. If I get bored, you can bet that in the story I'm writing, bullets will fly.” ― Jodi Thomas
“I think there may be some kind of law about a woman buying more than she can carry.” ― Jodi Thomas, The Texan's Wager
“No.” Allie stood her ground. “I’ll not go in.““Me, neither.” Jason slid from his horse. “If Allie ain’t going in, I’m not going in.”Wes glanced skyward. How was it possible for his near mute wife to pick up an echo? After four years in the Army, leading men, and two years of pushing cattle to market, it took Allie to make Wes realize that a leader wasn’t a leader unless he had a follower.“All right, where would you like to sleep tonight?” ― Jodi Thomas, To Kiss a Texan
“Did you tell her it was just until all was safe, or did you promise her forever?” Victoria shook her head. “Sounds to me like you’ve got some proposing to do before you’re really a married man. Maybe a few days alone will loosen your tongue and make that knee of your bend easier.” ― Jodi Thomas, To Kiss a Texan
“How many times must hope die before tears were too deep to bear?” ― Jodi Thomas, To Kiss a Texan
“At this rate I never want to talk to you again. Stay mad at me, Allie. It allows us to communicate in other ways.” ― Jodi Thomas, Twisted Creek
“Be my wife, all my life.” ― Jodi Thomas
“That's all any of us can do. Try. sometimes I think it's not the winning or the losing, or even the right and wrong of things, it's the trying that makes us keep on living and hoping.” ― Jodi Thomas, Welcome to Harmony
“And then there was the sad sign that a young woman working at a Tim Hortons in Lethbridge, Alberta, taped to the drive-through window in 2007. It read, “No Drunk Natives.” Accusations of racism erupted, Tim Hortons assured everyone that their coffee shops were not centres for bigotry, but what was most interesting was the public response. For as many people who called in to radio shows or wrote letters to the Lethbridge Herald to voice their outrage over the sign, there were almost as many who expressed their support for the sentiment. The young woman who posted the sign said it had just been a joke.Now, I’ll be the first to say that drunks are a problem. But I lived in Lethbridge for ten years, and I can tell you with as much neutrality as I can muster that there were many more White drunks stumbling out of the bars on Friday and Saturday nights than there were Native drunks. It’s just that in North America, White drunks tend to be invisible, whereas people of colour who drink to excess are not.Actually, White drunks are not just invisible, they can also be amusing. Remember how much fun it was to watch Dean Martin, Red Skelton, W. C. Fields, John Wayne, John Barrymore, Ernie Kovacs, James Stewart, and Marilyn Monroe play drunks on the screen and sometimes in real life? Or Jodie Marsh, Paris Hilton, Cheryl Tweedy, Britney Spears, and the late Anna Nicole Smith, just to mention a few from my daughter’s generation. And let’s not forget some of our politicians and persons of power who control the fates of nations: Winston Churchill, John A. Macdonald, Boris Yeltsin, George Bush, Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Hard drinkers, every one.The somewhat uncomfortable point I’m making is that we don’t seem to mind our White drunks. They’re no big deal so long as they’re not driving. But if they are driving drunk, as have Canada’s coffee king Tim Horton, the ex-premier of Alberta Ralph Klein, actors Kiefer Sutherland and Mel Gibson, Super Bowl star Lawyer Milloy, or the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Mark Bell, we just hope that they don’t hurt themselves. Or others.More to the point, they get to make their mistakes as individuals and not as representatives of an entire race.” ― Thomas King, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
“I avoided Thomas Hardy because everyone should, and anyway, I was depressed enough.” ― Jodi Taylor, A Trail Through Time
“You go to school everyday. Folks who think they've learned everything they need to know are usually dumber than chickens.” ― Jodi Thomas
“Carter placed her fingers over his hand and signed a single sign.“I love you too,” she answered.“How did you know what I said?” He moved his fingers along her arm trying to convince himself she was truly with him. “I listened with my heart.” Her gaze locked with his.” ― Jodi Thomas, The Texan's Wager
“Triumph comes through perserverance.” ― Jodi Thomas, Welcome to Harmony
“He couldn't just take her home, bed her, and wait for children to pop out. Somewhere in between, he'd have to talk to her.” ― Jodi Thomas, The Texan's Wager
“Again, please,” she whispered.(Allie to Wes)” ― Jodi Thomas, To Kiss a Texan
“My father died last year,” Thomas said. “I still look for him in crowds.” “I’m sorry.” He shrugged. “I think grief is like a really ugly couch. It never goes away. You can decorate around it; you can slap a doily on top of it; you can push it to the corner of the room—but eventually, you learn to live with it.” ― Jodi Picoult, Leaving Time
“She kissed him as though there would be no tomorrow, and he kissed her back as if he believed they'd be together forever.” ― Jodi Thomas, The Texan's Wager
“What about me?” Wes snapped. “Don’t I get a vote?”Daniel shook his head. “She’s willing and you’re breathing. I pronounce you man and wife.” ― Jodi Thomas, To Kiss a Texan
“Every day is different, every day I'm on an adventure. If I get bored, you can bet that in the story I'm writing, bullets will fly.” ― Jodi Thomas
“I think there may be some kind of law about a woman buying more than she can carry.” ― Jodi Thomas, The Texan's Wager
“No.” Allie stood her ground. “I’ll not go in.““Me, neither.” Jason slid from his horse. “If Allie ain’t going in, I’m not going in.”Wes glanced skyward. How was it possible for his near mute wife to pick up an echo? After four years in the Army, leading men, and two years of pushing cattle to market, it took Allie to make Wes realize that a leader wasn’t a leader unless he had a follower.“All right, where would you like to sleep tonight?” ― Jodi Thomas, To Kiss a Texan
“Did you tell her it was just until all was safe, or did you promise her forever?” Victoria shook her head. “Sounds to me like you’ve got some proposing to do before you’re really a married man. Maybe a few days alone will loosen your tongue and make that knee of your bend easier.” ― Jodi Thomas, To Kiss a Texan
