A Green Journey Quotes

“The reason Agatha had never married was that when she was young and had the opportunities she hadn’t felt the need, and later, feeling the need, she had no opportunities.”
― Jon Hassler, A Green Journey

“She wrote Dear James. She went on to say nothing directly about his friendliness or her loneliness. If she replied with the whole truth - why wouldn't she feel lonely at times? - he might be encouraged to do more probing and destroy one of the qualities she most enjoyed about this correspondence: giving or withholding at will. Wasn't that the great advantage of living one's life alone, the control?”
― Jon Hassler, A Green Journey

“Their silhouettes lingered in her mind. So did the sound of their kisses. She rose and went to the window and looked out over the busy playground. Children running, pulling, sliding, calling, spinning. If you traced all these children back to their beginnings, you came to kisses.”
― Jon Hassler, A Green Journey

“Was it wise of me at all to have confined my career to one small classroom in one small town? Wouldn't I be coming away from my life's work with a higher heart if I hadn't been washing the same blackboard for forty-six years?”
― Jon Hassler, A Green Journey

“Waaal, there's some would call it a bush, I suppose, but I call it a tree. If I'm ever in doubt about how much credit to give a thing, I always give it more, to be on the safe side.”
― Jon Hassler, A Green Journey

“Let the Church work out its own destiny, Miss McGee. Love it, be faithful, but don't let yourself be thrown off balance at every twist and turn”
― Jon Hassler, A Green Journey