Quotes by Judith-Victoria Douglas

Ariel: Why do such stories always sound so sad? Why cant people part on more amiable terms?Danny: Human nature, he said. When feelings change and a person is at their most insecure, its a matter of personal survival, I think. Its not always meant to hurt, but it often does.

Even in good families a bad apple can begin an avalanche of troubles, Dutch said as he sat back in his well-seasoned armchair, lighting his curved rustic pipe. From Book I, In Blood There is No Honor

Only the broken heart has the ghost of a chance to grieve, to forgive, to long, to transform. Christina Baldwin, author of Lifes Companion, Journal Writing as a Spiritual Practice, 1990. Used with authors permission