Seasons Quotes

“As we moved I reminded myself of how God had taken care of us when I thought all was lost. Maybe this was like a bird’s life—moving from one tree to the next and always singing their song no matter where they were perched.”
― Elizabeth Byler Younts, Seasons: A Real Story of an Amish Girl

“Whose boys are those with the holes in their pants?"

I cringed. How would my grandpa answer such an embarrassing question?

"Those are my daughter's children, my grandchildren," Grandpa spoke as if he'd just been asked who had won first place in a foot race or just been baptized into the church.

"Those pants are very well ironed," the stranger said.”
― Elizabeth Byler Younts, Seasons: A Real Story of an Amish Girl

“I went back to my humdrum days of knowing what was around every corner. It seemed there was little surprise or excitement in my life now.”
― Elizabeth Byler Younts, Seasons: A Real Story of an Amish Girl

“The day smelled like lemon meringue and tree sap. I breathed it in, wanting the sweetness of it to consume me.”
― Elizabeth Byler Younts, Seasons: A Real Story of an Amish Girl