Maybe the world wasn’t made of universals that could be summed up in neat little packages. Maybe there were just people. People who were tired and hu…

- Clare Vanderpool

...the person you encounter is often more than the person you see.

- Clare Vanderpool

Memories were like sunshine. They warmed you up and left a pleasant glow, but you couldn't hold them.

- Clare Vanderpool

Finding your way doesn't mean you always know where you're going. It's knowing how to find your way back home that's important.

- Clare Vanderpool

There are no coincidences. Just miracles by the boatload.

- Clare Vanderpool

They call themselves the Ku Klux Klan and they hate pretty much everyone who isn't like them. If you have the wrong color, religion, or birthplace, t…

- Clare Vanderpool

I'd heard of really bad things Klan folks did to Negroes. Mean, hateful, deadly things. I didn't know they were hateful toward white folks too.

- Clare Vanderpool

This was a land of lost souls. Human beings who had weathered great storms in life, had suffered unspeakable loss, had been put to painful tests of e…

- Clare Vanderpool

Who would dream that one can love without being crushed under the weight of it?

- Clare Vanderpool