Where the Lilies Bloom Quotes

“Anxiety and apprehension should have been the furthest things from my mind. But because I am a pessimist and must always keep sticking my tongue in pessimism the way you do a sore tooth I couldn't help thinking that it was all too easy. Things just aren't this easy for people...Something or somebody is bound to come and spoil it...so you can just get yourself ready for it.”
― Vera Cleaver, Where the Lilies Bloom: The National Book Award Finalist Novel of Family, Survival, and Sacrifice in Appalachia

“Friends were another thing Miss Breathitt believed in and thought wonderful. Friends, she said, improved talents and happiness and all of us should take care to make some.”
― Vera Cleaver, Where the Lilies Bloom: The National Book Award Finalist Novel of Family, Survival, and Sacrifice in Appalachia