In My Father's House Quotes

“Love is like light and there are two kinds, the bursting fireworks of the moment and the solid, fixed stars that sometimes become obscured in the heavens, but are always there, year after year, for a lifetime.”
― Ann Rinaldi, In My Father's House

“What it love, you ask. Dear child, love is like the light and there are two kinds, the bursting fireworks of the moment and the solid, fixed stars that sometimes become obscured in the heavens, but are always there, year after year, for a lifetime. You must experience the first in order to appreciate the second.”
― Ann Rinaldi, In My Father's House

“He had to put down the sacks of sugar and coffee then. Because, though he could hold off a mob at the depot with no trouble, even he couldn't kiss a girl with his arms full of contraband.”
― Ann Rinaldi, In My Father's House

“He knows the most important language of all. Human compassion.”
― Ann Rinaldi, In My Father's House

“I thanked him and said goodnight. I left him there and went into the house. Maria was playing 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic.”
― Ann Rinaldi, In My Father's House