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As I read my Kindle, I highlight intriguing or beautifully descriptive passages from the novel. Here are a few recent . . . “My mother couldn’t rail directly at God and so she railed instead at my father.” William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace “In a small town nothing is private. Word spreads with the incomprehensibilityContinue reading “Favorite Kindle Quotes: William Kent Krueger (5)”

As I read my Kindle, I highlight intriguing or beautifully descriptive passages from the novel. Here are a few recent . . . “She took up her crowbar and jammed the chiseled end under the big stone and using the smaller stone as the fulcrum of her lever she put the force of her wholeContinue reading “Favorite Kindle Quotes: William Kent Krueger (4)”

As I read my Kindle, I highlight intriguing or beautifully descriptive passages from the novel. Here are a few recent . . . “My father had never struck us but he could speak in a way that made you feel as if you’d offended God himself..’” William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace “Thanks to Jake theContinue reading “Favorite Kindle Quotes: William Kent Krueger (3)”

As I read my Kindle, I highlight intriguing or beautifully descriptive passages from the novel. Here are a few recent . . . “He had red hair and freckles and freakish ears that stood out like the handles on a sugar bowl.” William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace “Oh when she sang she could make aContinue reading “Favorite Kindle Quotes: William Kent Krueger (2 of 4)”

As I read my Kindle, I highlight intriguing or beautifully descriptive passages from the novel. Here are a few recent . . . “My father used to quote the Greek playwright Aeschylus. ‘He who learns must suffer.’” William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace “He wore a half smile as if he was just about to understandContinue reading “Favorite Kindle Quotes: William Kent Krueger (1 of 4)”