16 Quotes by Jane Johnson

Our customers down there are seeing their businesses expand and our opportunities are growing in the region.

It's probably one of the oldest log homes in the county. If people have the feeling that you should just move on and forget about these things, then you don't have any history.

Illinois has what we call a code which sets minimum state standards. It should set a bar that should be achievable everywhere. My concern is are the minimal requirements really minimal for Pike County? At the local level, we need to work with people to come up with suitable private sewage disposal systems within a reasonable cost. It's a matter of reaching a balance.

My throat feels hard and swollen, as if bulky words are trying to choke me.

Embroidery is an improbable hobby for someone as disordered as me, but it’s the very precision of it that attracts me, the illusion of control it offers. When engaged in stitching a new pattern, I can’t think about anything else. Guilt, misery, longing all flee away, leaving just the beautiful little microcosm of the world in my hands, the flash of the needle, the rainbow colors of the thread, the calming exactitude of the discipline.

But the best things in life never come easy –.

Fear has trapped me, rendered me immobile and powerless. I’d forgotten I even had wings, let alone how to use them.