Leanne Smith > Leanne's Quotes

“But out here, where they were living like Israelites wandering the wilderness, the sunrise and sunset wrapped a person inside them. You were part of the experience--standing in the center of it--feeling your hope rise in the mornings, and your peace float back down at the end of the day.”
― Leanne W. Smith, Leaving Independence

“A man could tell a lot about another man’s station in life by his footwear. Or a woman’s.”
― Leanne W. Smith, Leaving Independence

“God and the seasons could always be counted on . . . If only men were so reliable.”
― Leanne W. Smith, Leaving Independence

“Set me as a seal upon thine heart,” read Harry, “as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death . . . the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.”
― Leanne W. Smith, Leaving Independence

“The light from the cabin drew him like the beacon of a lighthouse pulling in a weary sailor. It shone for miles over the rolling land.”
― Leanne W. Smith, On A Dark & Snowy Night

“We don't get to pick our background, Hoke," she told him one time. "But we can sure enough pick our future.”
― Leanne W. Smith, On A Dark & Snowy Night

“Children grow wings, Abigail. You got to let 'em or they won't be strong to face whatever lies before them.”
― Leanne W. Smith, A Contradiction to His Pride

“James was standing on the ground he and Hoke had packed hard with their foot traffic--arms crossed, admiring the work of their labor--when the idea seeded and planted in his mind.”
― Leanne W. Smith, A Contradiction to His Pride