Pulling Home Quotes

“Amazing how a person’s life could be cut into segments, like an orange, with pith and all. Good part, bad part. Sweet and bitter.”
― Mary Campisi, Pulling Home

“His deep voice rose with the conviction reminiscent of a newly ordained priest. “Do we choose those to be judged or those who may cast a stone? And if we do, are we not committing a sin far greater than the sinner? Are we not, by doing so, the greater sinners?”
― Mary Campisi, Pulling Home

“church organist for the past twenty-one years, stroked the last notes of “Faith of Our Fathers.” The next several minutes were ritual Catholic routine—up, down, sit, up, down, sit. When the calisthenics ended, Father Benedict stood before the pulpit and gazed out at his congregation.”
― Mary Campisi, Pulling Home

“It’s life, Alice. We can either choose to live it, or lose it. Grant has years ahead, but he’s got to let go of his bitterness.”
― Mary Campisi, Pulling Home

“The Lord only gives us what we can handle and”
― Mary Campisi, Pulling Home

“The man possessed a communal strength of body and soul, coupled with endless compassion and a desire to help the less fortunate of mind and spirit. In other words, the man was a saint.”
― Mary Campisi, Pulling Home

“Generations of families flocked to Pastor Richot’s steps to partake in, not only the weekly liturgy, but baptisms, marriages, and funerals—a one-stop shop for the faithful.”
― Mary Campisi, Pulling Home

“here. I invented”
― Mary Campisi, Pulling Home