A Pumpkin Patch and A Fling Quotes

“I’m pretty sure an angel descended from heaven and overtook your body. And that ain’t no line. You’ve got some voice.”
― Starla DeKruyf, A Pumpkin Patch and A Fling

“For as long as I can remember, I’ve always loved the farm. But Daddy has always said that making decisions based on the heart is careless. And lately, my heart has been going in another direction. No one knows about my dreams of leaving the farm one day to be a famous singer other than my best friend, Jax. Growing up as a Coleman on the farm means not being allowed to have dreams.”
― Starla DeKruyf, A Pumpkin Patch and A Fling

“It’s one of the reasons. The sounds, the smells, the view. They’re reminders that as hard as I may work, as much time or money I put into the farm, I don’t have any control over it. God has control over it. I just need to keep coming back to the soil and keep trusting we’ll survive another year.” It’s scary that Daddy could put so much time and work into the farm and that the weather could take it all away in an instant. But that’s all I’ve ever known. That’s all Daddy has ever known. He grew up on this very farm. He’s spent season after season worrying about the weather and the soil.”
― Starla DeKruyf, A Pumpkin Patch and A Fling

“Daddy puts an arm around me and gestures at the farm with his coffee mug. “You wanna know a secret?” he whispers. I nod. “Colonel Sanders’s crowing, the horses neighing, even Garrison’s complaining are all sounds of the farm waking up. And they’re my favorite.” “Is that why you like coming out here on the first morning of pumpkin season?”
― Starla DeKruyf, A Pumpkin Patch and A Fling

“My voice isn’t quite ready for singing. But you need to know, there’s no one else I’d rather sing for than you.” Then I kiss him stupid.”
― Starla DeKruyf, A Pumpkin Patch and A Fling

“Sadie’s mom leaving us three years ago because she couldn’t handle the role or title of Mom. I wasn’t even the one who wanted to move to Juniper Ridge. It had been a pit stop on the way from Seattle to Reno on a business trip. The medical supply business I began a few years before had really taken off. I had an opportunity to meet with an investor in Reno who was going to put in a substantial amount of money to become a silent partner.”
― Starla DeKruyf, A Pumpkin Patch and A Fling