'dear God,' She Prayed, 'let Me Be

She Had Had The Pain; It Had Been Like Being Boiled Alive In Scalding Oil And Not Being Able To Die To Get Free Of It

In Teaching Your Child, Do Not Forget That Suffering Is Good Too. It Makes A Person Rich In Character.

You Won't Die, Francie. You Were Born To Lick This Rotten Life.

Those Were The Rommely Women: Mary, The Mother, Evy, Sissy, And Katie, Her Daughters, And Francie, Who Would Grow Up To Be A Rommely Woman Even Though Her Name Was Nolan. They Were All Slender, Frail Creatures With Wondering Eyes And Soft Fluttery Voices. But They Were Made Out Of Thin Invisible Steel.

Forgiveness Is A Gift Of High Value. Yet Its Cost Is Nothing.