9 Quotes by Amanda Stevens

But that was New Orleans for you. The old didn’t die here. They were just forgotten.

Rosehill was shady and beautiful, the most serene place I could imagine. It had been closed to the public for years, and sometimes as I wandered alone - and often lonely - through the lush fern beds and long curtains of silvery moss, I pretended the crumbling angels were wood nymphs and fairies and I their ruler, queen of my own graveyard kingdom.

We southerners worship our ancestors.

You should make the time. Without the touchstone of family, one leads an imbalanced life.

I’ve often thought madness, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

The ghosts of those who take their own lives are considered notorious wanderers. That probably explains the high walls that surround the cemetery. In the old days, they would have buried the bodies facedown to disorient them.” “The.

Grudges are like superstitions. You know they don’t make sense, but you cling to them, anyway.” We.

The mind has the ability to influence the body on a subconscious level.

Being brave and being fearless are two different things.