Shelley K. Wall

“From Flood, Flash, and Pheromones--coming soon:In the torrential downpour with water swirling that threatened to pull her down, she didn’t see the voice’s owner. The hurricane had blessed the entire city with a surprise drenching. All weather reports had predicted it to pass over with sporadic rainfall but that didn’t happen. The storm settled over Houston as if it had no intention to move on. Cassie flailed in panic as the roof of her car disappeared under the water twenty feet beyond. She prayed once more that the container in it was watertight. And that she’d see her car again. Then she concentrated on living. Where had the voice come from?”

“Would the man in the cabin have come after them? Would he have sent someone else? Or would he have never even known they were there and they could have just gone back to normal life.Normal Life. He didn’t even know what that would be now.”

“He had always liked a good mess—God knows he had sure made a few. In typical form, he squared his shoulders, furrowed his brows and muttered, “bring it on.”

“How can I be more important than someone else? Isn’t every life important?”

“From Chloe's Secret--coming soon“What are you saying?”“I’m saying I want to have a relationship with you. I want to love you.”“Is there a ‘but’ coming next?”“But the funny thing is, when I didn’t want to love you—it happened anyway.”He slipped his arms into my back pockets and hugged the breath out of me. I choked, my eyes stung. “I don’t know what to say.”He smiled. “Say whatever you want to. Just because I said it, you don’t have to.”He was right; I didn’t have to. He wasn’t asking anything of me.”

“Your dad said to tell you that just because you haven’t been inside the big guy’s door for a while, it doesn’t mean he hasn’t been in yours.”

“If you are unable to admit your mistakes, you cannot expect others to forgive them. Be honest and sincere, there is no shame in that.”

“Don't be the guy that sat spouting how greatly succesful he was to a random stranger at the airport only to find out later that random stranger was a self-made multibillinaire. OR, in shorter words...if you toot your horn too loud, you won't hear the freight train coming down the track.”

“I want my life to be about LIVING, not leaving --which is why I'm LEAVING nothing behind.”

“There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream. -- Author unknown”

“Humility is a wonderful character trait. It ensures your head and heart go through the door before your ass does.”

“If you always do what you've done before, you will always get what you had, not more...”