Sandee > Sandee's Quotes

“The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.”
― Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
― Plato

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles W. Eliot

“A Husband should always like his wife's cooking BEST."

in Sarah's Gift”
― Marta Perry

“God was calling them to love and to dare, not to hide and to be safe.”
― Marta Perry

“The world was hers for the reading.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

“It's not forgetting that heals. It's remembering.”
― Amy Greene, Bloodroot

“I have always thought that librarians are a little bit like doctors, travel agents and professors all rolled into one. We all know that a great story can lift spirits, take you anywhere in the world you want to go and in any time period to boot, and the lessons you learn from a good book can buoy your own convictions and even change your life. ”
― Dorothea Benton Frank

“Books were my passion and my escape from madness.”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, The Christmas Pearl

“Isn’t it amazing how much good people can do for each other when you give them the opportunity to help?”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, Bulls Island

“In a way, looking back, it seemed a long, long time since she had been eighteen, but in another way her memories were so clear and vivid that it seemed like yesterday.”
― Helen Hooven Santmyer

“Quote taken from Chapter 1:

"The police should be in it, not us. We’re out of here.” Bill did an about-face to retrace their route to the door.

Piper whipped out a hand and snagged him by the shirttail. Her tone returned to crisp and decisive. “Slow down, Roadrunner. I’m not ready to leave. We’ve got work to do.”

Incredulous, he stared gape-mouthed at her. “You'd better explain,” he said.

She wiggled her nose. “I’m growing nosier by the second about the circumstances surrounding Anna’s murder.”
― Ed Lynskey, The Corpse Wore Gingham