The Dry Grass of August Quotes

“You repent. God forgives you. But the Lord don’t work in advance. He don’t pardon sins you fixing to commit.”
― Anna Jean Mayhew, The Dry Grass of August

“Putting God in the pledge and on money—that’s like a sign in the sky saying ‘air.’ ”
― Anna Jean Mayhew, The Dry Grass of August

“Everyone has a story, although not everyone can or should be writing it, but to those of you who are writing or contemplating it, have at it. In order to finish, you must start. It is quite that simple and quite that complicated. Write!”
― Anna Jean Mayhew, The Dry Grass of August

“maybe not. Sometimes they just takes them.”
― Anna Jean Mayhew, The Dry Grass of August

“This Boston brown bread is good with baked beans and pork chops.” “Bread in a can?”
― Anna Jean Mayhew, The Dry Grass of August

“But the Lord don’t work in advance. He don’t pardon sins you fixing to commit.”
― Anna Jean Mayhew, The Dry Grass of August

“Browning said, ‘A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?”
― Anna Jean Mayhew, The Dry Grass of August

“Owning the beach is like owning a mountain or an island, putting your name on something that belongs to the whole world.”
― Anna Jean Mayhew, The Dry Grass of August