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Joshilyn Jackson Quotes

God gave us crying so other folks could see when we needed help, and help us.

God gave us crying so other folks could see when we needed help, and help us.

Joshilyn Jackson
Helping, Cry, Folks
Joshilyn Jackson (2012). “Gods In Alabama”, p.28, Hachette UK

William knows that science and magic are the same thing; magic is only science that hasn't been explained yet. Tonight he has made chemistry into magic for her.

Joshilyn Jackson
Love, Magic, Tonight

You're saying things you can't take back. And you don't even mean them.

Joshilyn Jackson
Mean
Joshilyn Jackson (2012). “The Girl Who Stopped Swimming”, p.162, Hachette UK

I would take today's joy, and tomorrow's. I would take it with both hands, anywhere it came.

Joshilyn Jackson
Hands, Joy, Today

There are gods in Alabama: Jack Daniel's, high school quarterbacks, trucks, big tits, and also Jesus.

Joshilyn Jackson
Jesus, School, Alabama
Joshilyn Jackson (2010). “Backseat Saints”, p.227, Hachette UK

A pretty woman is a Christmas tree,' my mother told me in the airport. This fella is hanging things on my branches as his gaze sweeps from my face all the way down my body to my hips and then back to my face. Ideas fly from his widened eyes and land on me like teeny, decorative burdens. He is giving me shyness, maybe, some book smarts, and a certain yielding sweetness in bed. The oil-slick eyes get me, and I find myself hanging a few ornaments myself, giving him deft hands and a sense of humor.

Joshilyn Jackson
Mother, Smart, Book

THE STORIES WE TELL fearlessly explores the textures of the human heart, finding a path toward hope through a Savannah that is jagged with class issues, faith misused, and broken trust. Henry loses you in a landscape peopled with secret keepers, storytellers and liars, and proves that in the end, love is the only reliable compass. This is everything you expect from Patti Callahan Henry—lyrical writing, characters worth rooting for, a sure-footed belief in the power of goodness—plus a twisty plot that will keep the pages turning long into the night.

Joshilyn Jackson
Liars, Character, Writing

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