"Gap Creek" Quotes
"Gap Creek" by Robert Morgan is a poignant historical novel that follows the struggles and resilience of a young couple as they endure hardship and loss while building a life together in rural South Carolina during the late 19th century.
fiction | 336 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
They stood close together, watching the sun set. It was the color of blood and fire and the color of the sky at the end of the world.
She had the sense that the earth was alive, pulsing beneath her feet, that the world was a great animal breathing in and breathing out.
She had learned that nothing was to be gained by dwelling on the past. It could always be forgotten.
It was a hard thing to see someone you loved suffering, and to be unable to do anything for them.
Sometimes it seemed to her that life was nothing but a series of losses.
She was beginning to understand that life was not a thing you could control or plan.
In the face of tragedy, a person had to find strength within themselves to keep going.
Love was a powerful force that could heal even the deepest wounds.
She had learned that beauty could be found in the simplest of things, if one took the time to look.
Life was full of hardships, but it was also full of moments of joy and beauty.
