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Famous Quotes By Debbie Macomber

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While it may not be a simple act, offering forgiveness not only has the power to heal relationships, it strengthens the well-being of those who give this life-changing gift. — Debbie Macomber

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Love isn't really all that terrifying once you let go of your doubts. — Debbie Macomber

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Practicing an attitude of gratitude spills over to acts of generosity. — Debbie Macomber

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The challenge is to learn from those mistakes so we don't repeat them. — Debbie Macomber

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People are funny. They want the front of the bus, the middle of the road and the back of the church. - Mrs. Miracle — Debbie Macomber

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Maybe money can't buy love - but it can get you practically everything else. — Debbie Macomber

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The truth was she did love him. She loved him for the gentle care he gave her roses. For his loving way with animals. For his honesty. For his tender patience with Maggie and, most important, for the joy he brought into her life. — Debbie Macomber

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Emotions can become habits - she said haltingly as she wiped her eyes. But habits can be changed". — Debbie Macomber

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Forgiveness is hard, and most people tend to hold on to their hurts, to take some kind of perverse satisfaction in them. — Debbie Macomber

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I've lived most of my life trying to please others. I don't think I can do that anymore. — Debbie Macomber

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You do this often?" she asked.
"Drink or hijack women? — Debbie Macomber

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John F. Kennedy is reported to have said that we can forgive our enemies but we shouldn't forget their names. — Debbie Macomber

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He said with such confidence that her heart surged with hope. But a person's ability to love is only equal to his or her openness in receiving it. — Debbie Macomber

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aplomb. Sometimes the sheer bravado of her actions astonished — Debbie Macomber

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Sometimes, I think we're afraid to admit we want certain things. Especially things that contradict the image we have of ourselves. — Debbie Macomber

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For every loss there is an equal or greater gain. Often humans have to search for it, though. — Debbie Macomber

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I might be 30 years old, but a girl never outgrows the need for her mother. — Debbie Macomber

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Waltz back into our lives as if nothing had happened. We were dealing with Dad's death and I wasn't about to take on her problems, too." "I'm not going to argue with you, sweetheart. Like I said, you did the right thing." "I have to wonder," she murmured, her brow furrowed with consternation. "Karen ... " "I know, I know. It doesn't do any good to rehash this over and over. What's done is done. When I spoke to Nichole about the inheritance, she was adamant we did everything we should have. Cassie wasn't — Debbie Macomber

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Mousy. It was the only word Travis could think to describe Mary Warner when she stepped off the plane. His heart sank and took a moment to rally itself. Long legs, that was all he'd asked for, and what did he get? Minnie Mouse. — Debbie Macomber

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survive this evening with her — Debbie Macomber

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Exactly what she was doing - tears leaked from the corners of her eyes and wove crooked paths down her cheeks. How could she have been so insensitive to her own sister? Chapter 24 All week Cassie had worked feverishly to put Steve out of her mind, but it hadn't worked. She couldn't wait to see him, and a week had never dragged on for so long. Nothing felt the same without him at the construction site, running the project. Saturday morning, Cassie was up early. The Hoedown was being held in an airport hangar, and a lot of work had to be done in order to get the space ready. Several other volunteers arrived to work off their hours by putting up long folding tables and chairs, placing red-and-white checkered plastic tablecloths across the tables, and then setting the tables, lining each place setting up perfectly. To the front of the hangar was a mechanical bull quartered off with stacks of hay. In the middle of the room were tables displaying — Debbie Macomber

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Ibrahim's eyes darkened with an emotion Mark was unable to read. "I won't leave you; no, my friend, it is not possible." "Go," Mark whispered again from between his parched lips. "Get your family to safety. I'm too weak." "You will make it," Ibrahim insisted. "I give you my strength. Shatha gives you her strength, too. We go as one. What is it you Americans say? No man left behind. I more American now than Iraqi. I not leave you behind. What you say - no way? I say no way I leave you." Mark — Debbie Macomber

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God gave the Angels wings and humans chocolate.
Mrs. Miracle — Debbie Macomber

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I love to knit. There's a comfort to it that I can't entirely explain. The repetition of weaving the yarn around the needle and then forming a stitch creates a sense of purpose, of achievement, of progress. When your entire world is unraveling, you tend to crave order and I found it in knitting. — Debbie Macomber

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Your favorite author? This was an important question. I'd dated men who had never read a book. Reading was a passion of mine and I couldn't imagine being involved with someone who didn't understand the importance of books and stories. — Debbie Macomber

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She said interruptions were simply God's appointments. — Debbie Macomber

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Handsome couple. "In other words, we clean up well," Kent joked. "Indeed, you do," I said, and was pleased to know my voice had found itself again. — Debbie Macomber

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Some marriages are made in heaven, but they all have to be maintained on earth. Mrs Miracle — Debbie Macomber

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People who say they don't have enough patience to knit are precisely those who could most improve their lives by learning how!" - Sally Melville, — Debbie Macomber

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I was looking forward to my visit to the library. I've always been a big reader and thought I might eventually volunteer as a Friend of the Library. — Debbie Macomber

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order to be seen. — Debbie Macomber

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Love doesn't die. — Debbie Macomber

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But although she was with family and friends, she'd never felt more alone. She felt as if she'd lost a vital part of herself and she had - her heart. — Debbie Macomber

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Love means more to me than being sexually compatible. It means being an important part of your life as you'll be in mine. It means encouraging you to be everything you've ever wanted to be, sharing in your triumphs and comforting you in your failures. It means giving you the courage to try again. That's what love is all about. — Debbie Macomber

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perhaps, in giving of myself, I would find the joy Paul had promised. And maybe, given time, it would be possible for me to find my way back to life. — Debbie Macomber

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When you put beads in your knitting, you are really putting bits of light in your knitting. The gleam and color-play of beads add a whole other dimension that could be demure or outrageous, as you please. Your choice of beads and yarn uniquely expresses your personality. - Sivia Harding, designer and teacher — Debbie Macomber

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We have to use the experience. We can become either bitter or better. — Debbie Macomber

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I consider my greatest strength my complete and utter faith in a loving God. Strong family values are also important and I do not hesitate to write them into my books. My reader mail tells me this is something that readers especially like about my books. — Debbie Macomber

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Prim and proper, a cat woman ... Hmm, I was left to wonder. Possibly a librarian in her late forties or early fifties. In town for a special occasion? It certainly left me to ponder her story. — Debbie Macomber

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What upset her most was the cold-blooded way he'd dismissed her from his life. It seemed so easy for him, so ... simple. She was gone for him, as if she meant nothing. That hurt, and it didn't stop hurting. — Debbie Macomber

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If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher. — Debbie Macomber

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We all face difficulties of our own, and how comforting it is to immerse yourself in a book - my book, any book, any romance. It's entertainment, it's escape, and it can even be an inspiration! — Debbie Macomber

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I'd found love
only to discover how fleeting it can be. — Debbie Macomber

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I'm a yarnaholic. That means I have more yarn stashed away than any one person could possibly use in three or four lifetimes. There's something inspiring about yarn that makes me feel I could never have enough. — Debbie Macomber

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We're each our own person, we live our own lives, make our own mistakes, learn from them and move forward. — Debbie Macomber

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Carried on the brisk winds of faith, guided by devotion, navigated by love, it arrived fresh and bright at the very feet of the Archangel Gabriel. — Debbie Macomber

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As the spiritual coordinator for this part of Tacoma, Celeste Chapeaux had been assigned to oversee Harry. — Debbie Macomber

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Our world was created with a sense of order. For every loss, there is a gain. Sometimes we are so blinded by the loss that we don't see the gain, don't recognize the gift. — Debbie Macomber

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Your heart has to let your head know what it wants. — Debbie Macomber

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I'm referring to feelings! Women aren't afraid to face their feelings. Men are so terrified of emotion they hold it inside until they're totally bent out of shape. — Debbie Macomber

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Every human has the capacity to love, — Debbie Macomber

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You're so authentic. You are who you are and you aren't willing to apologize for it. I like that. — Debbie Macomber

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We're here to deliver preemie hats to Sharon Jennings," Libby explained. The receptionist — Debbie Macomber

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Forgiveness isn't a gift we give the offender. It's something we do for ourselves. — Debbie Macomber

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Janine," Anton cried, delighted. "Zach. My, my, this is — Debbie Macomber

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Life - and that of her child. — Debbie Macomber

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I think sometimes we love so deeply, so profoundly, that anything else pales by comparison. — Debbie Macomber

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Hold that for me. — Debbie Macomber

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Take charge of your life.
Don't be afraid to pursue your dreams.
Work hard and don't listen to anyone who says you can't, because you can and you will. — Debbie Macomber

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She'd taken ten years off his life, frightening him the way she had, and now he'd easily subtracted another ten by kissing her. If he spent much more time with Jenna Campbell, he'd be dead inside a week. — Debbie Macomber

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All right, why the glum face now? I get that you messed up, but you need to pick yourself up and move on. — Debbie Macomber

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Their relationship wouldn't be easy and the realities of a future with him were intimidating. Yet the strength of her attraction overcame her doubts. — Debbie Macomber

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I'm an optimist and my heroines seem to be that way, too. It's too much work to be cynical and distrusting. That doesn't mean I create perfect stories and perfect people, however. What this means is that my stories are resolved in a manner that leaves the reader with a feeling of hope and happy expectation ... and wanting to reach for another one of my books. — Debbie Macomber

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I am a big popcorn fanatic. I love popcorn. In fact one year for my birthday, my husband bought me one of those big popcorn machines like they have in movie theaters. — Debbie Macomber

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My office walls are covered with autographs of famous writers - it's what my children call my 'dead author wall.' I have signatures from Mark Twain, Earnest Hemingway, Jack London, Harriett Beecher Stowe, Pearl Buck, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to name a few. — Debbie Macomber

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Scotty leaned across the table and whispered in a voice Travis wasn't supposed to have heard but did. "We've got to do something quick before Uncle Travis poisons us — Debbie Macomber

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It was unnerving. She'd looked at him and had the uncontrollable urge to weep. Thus far she'd managed to control her emotions. Thank God. She didn't even want to imagine what he would think of her if she started weeping for absolutely no reason. — Debbie Macomber

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Little did the old man know how much God liked to talk to His children, how He longed to listen to them. — Debbie Macomber

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I'm dyslexic, although they didn't have a word for it when I was in grade school. The teachers said I had 'word blindness.' — Debbie Macomber

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Humans tend to build walls when they should be opening doors. — Debbie Macomber

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It was the sad you get when your dreams are almost there ... and then they're obliterated. — Debbie Macomber

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I generally read every night befi=ore I fall asleep: Brad does too. I find it comforting to lie beside my husband, each of us with a book in our hands. I see it as a period of calm and intimacy, and as the perfect metaphor-together, yet individual-for our marriage. — Debbie Macomber

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Grandpa Patterson used to say: Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction. — Debbie Macomber

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Readers have actually changed the way I've done things, changed the course of my career even, about four or five times. Just from reader feedback. — Debbie Macomber

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Addie had always considered the holidays an extra-special time of year. Magic hung in the air, and people were gentler, kinder to one another. Differences were set aside, friendships deepened, and people in general were more charitable and happier. — Debbie Macomber

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The best way to get even is to forget. — Debbie Macomber

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We all make mistakes. Big and small. But you don't have to let them define you forever. — Debbie Macomber

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Don't be a quitter.
Try harder.
Don't be so picky.
Be willing to start at the bottom.
Prove yourself. — Debbie Macomber

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By the time they arrived, the snow was coming down fast ...
"It's beautiful," she said, pausing outside the door. She thrust out her hands and let the snow land on her palms.
"Yes, yes ... " Reid seemed in a mighty big hurry to get her inside.
"How long did you say the storm would last?" she asked, thinking it would be so beautiful. The snow
not being trapped with Reid Jamison.
Reid hesitated. "Longer than either of us is going to like," he muttered, looking miserable.
Jenna was afraid of that. — Debbie Macomber

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Kindness is something that should always be passed on. — Debbie Macomber

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Humans, as attractive and awesomely created as they are, tend to believe that events occur in their lives randomly, with little or no meaning. They often overlook the obvious, that God is in control. — Debbie Macomber

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He left the building, fury propelling his steps, and got into his car. Feeling the way he did just then, Ian realized he shouldn't be driving, but he wasn't about to sit outside this apartment. Not when Cecilia might think he sat there pining for her. He revved the engine and threw the transmission into drive. The tires squealed as he sped off, burning rubber. He hadn't gone more than a quarter mile when he saw the red-and-blue lights of a sheriff's car flashing behind him. — Debbie Macomber

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A woman who would make his dreams hers and allow him to be part of hers. One who was kind and gentle. Loving and tender. Sensible. — Debbie Macomber

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days aboard his sailboat, doing — Debbie Macomber

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Why not? For your information I'm hoping it doesn't last more than a month or two myself.?
His words stung as sharply as a slap across the face.
Maybe by that time you'll be miserable enough to be willing to marry me- — Debbie Macomber

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Romance focuses on emotions and on relationships, both of which are fundamentally important to women. — Debbie Macomber

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Harry was on a God-given mission - a trial mission that was the opportunity of an eternity and one he hoped would become a permanent job if he performed well. — Debbie Macomber

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Remember the time Pamela stuffed a bead up her nose and we had to take her to the emergency room to get it out? That bead cost us a fortune. — Debbie Macomber

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Parked his taxi. Lily tried to talk to him twice on the — Debbie Macomber

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As if this was more than she could imagine, Amiee asked, "What about a stove with more than two burners and an oven that actually works?" "All yours," Steve assured her. — Debbie Macomber

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Cultivating the habit of good deeds will not only affect those around us, it will improve our own emotional well being. — Debbie Macomber

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Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death. — Debbie Macomber

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For the first time since I arrived, it struck me how truly alone I was. — Debbie Macomber

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It was time to face those fears head-on and quit flirting with thoughts of failure. — Debbie Macomber

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As far as she could tell, basketball involved a herd of impossibly tall men racing up and down a polished wooden floor, passing a ball back and forth until one of them forged ahead to the basket to try to score. It seemed that whenever the contest became interesting, the referees would blow their whistles and everything would come to a grinding halt. She couldn't understand why the referees chose to wear zebra-striped shirts, either, since it wasn't likely anyone would confuse the short, balding men with the players. — Debbie Macomber

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You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. — Debbie Macomber

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In my books and in romance as a genre, there is a positive, uplifting feeling that leaves the reader with a sense of encouragement and hope for a brighter future - or a brighter present. — Debbie Macomber

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It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time." - Tallulah Bankhead — Debbie Macomber

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We should lean into the pain, instead of running away from it. — Debbie Macomber