At Every Turn Quotes

“It isn't just people in faraway places that need your compassion and your help. Sometimes it's those right where you are.”
― Anne Mateer, At Every Turn

“I can't get those kids out of my head. I see their little faces, and I know I have to help them." I raised up and looked him straight in the eye. "I have to do this. It's more than just wanting to be part of God's work in this world. It's an aching hole in my heart. I don't know any other way to fill it.”
― Anne Mateer, At Every Turn

“My voice fell to a faint whisper as my eyes met his. Even though I’d sat with him in church for almost two months, I’d never noticed the flecks of green that swam in his hazel eyes, the fullness of his lips beneath the line of fawn-colored hair above them.”
― Anne Mateer, At Every Turn

“I wanted to grab him by the collar and strangle him. Or kiss him. I wasn't sure which.”
― Anne Mateer, At Every Turn