The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

You mustn’t listen to people who don’t know you. Listen to what you know, yourself.”

Huh, I thought. Imagine dressing up tables. Imagine wasting cloth to dress up tables.

“No matter what, it’s okay.”

“Would it kill you to be grateful?” Maybe. Who knew?

It amazed me, how different the ocean could look from day to day.

“Christmas trees,” Susan said, “remind us that God is like an evergreen tree—even in winter, never dead.”

“Saying something stupid doesn’t make you stupid,” Susan said. “Luckily for all of us.”