Miss American Pie Quotes

“Why does it scare me to think I might be ordinary? I remember when I started first grade and I could hardly pay attention for fear I wouldn't learn to read and write. I didn't want to be like everyone else. I didn't want to have to learn. I wanted to know everything already”
― Margaret Sartor, Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love, Secrets and Growing Up in the 1970s

“The crazy part of my mind is like a mischievous pet I have to keep watch over or it might behave badly while I'm not paying attention.”
― Margaret Sartor, Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love, Secrets and Growing Up in the 1970s

“Our job on earth, as I see it, is to hold on through the hard parts and try and be a good person.”
― Margaret Sartor, Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love, Secrets and Growing Up in the 1970s

“I've been praying to Jesus and the Holy Ghost for patience and I have also mentioned that it would help if I did not have frizzy hair.”
― Margaret Sartor, Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love, Secrets and Growing Up in the 1970s

“I love watching Daddy play with Sara. I remember exactly how it felt to hold Daddy's hand when I was little. You could show me the hands of a thousand men and I could pick out my Daddy's, no problem.”
― Margaret Sartor, Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love, Secrets and Growing Up in the 1970s