5 Quotes & Sayings By Pepper D Basham

Pepper D. Basham is the award-winning author of the bestselling novel, The Life of Lies, which was named Best Book of 2011 by Kirkus Reviews, was a finalist for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, and was long-listed for the Goodreads Choice Award in Nonfiction. A former journalist, she has worked at The Washington Post, Time magazine, The Washington Times newspaper, and CNN. She is also the author of two screenplays in development Read more

As an educator, Pepper has taught creative writing in Virginia since 2000 and has served as adjunct faculty at George Mason University since 2013.

You have a choice. Take hold of your future or...
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You have a choice. Take hold of your future or the past will take it for you. Pepper D. Basham
Each time you allow the past to hold your future,...
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Each time you allow the past to hold your future, [he] steals more and more from you. Pepper D. Basham
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The countryside stretched green and alive from her perch on the hill.... She breathed in the air of a free woman and marveled at how her clarity of spirit even seemed to affect her vision. Brighter colors. Fresher air. Pepper D. Basham
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God holds us. We are protected by His grip in such a precious way that the good and the bad must pass through His fingers to us. No harm, fear, or pain can reach us without His allowance, and yet, it is a loving grip. A loving allowance we cannot understand until time has frayed our pride and tempered our heartbreak. And even then, our only answer may be to trust His love more than our understanding. Pepper D. Basham