The Letter Writer Quotes

“I know now why God gave us babies. They require constant attention, of course. They make messes and disturb the peace, but their cuteness and smiles are something the only reminder of God we have in the house.”
― Ann Rinaldi, The Letter Writer

“Her face was a map I'd like to trace. I'd love to see where it would take me. And I'd love to see where she had been.”
― Ann Rinaldi, The Letter Writer

“So we gave the afternoon some sanity after all and I wonder, Uncle Andrew, is life sane, as we tried to make it? Or is it insanity, as it was yesterday on the Gerard plantation? And why don't more people try to make it sane?

Or if it is full of sanity for them, why do they try to rip that sanity to pieces and impose their form of insanity? Can you help me understand?”
― Ann Rinaldi, The Letter Writer

“I earn my own respect," I told Emilie. "I don't ride the coattails of someone else.”
― Ann Rinaldi, The Letter Writer

“Haven't my past sermons taught you anything?"

"Yes," Emilie threw at him, "that you pray for those who are close to God, and those who aren't, who need Him, you toss away like garbage.”
― Ann Rinaldi, The Letter Writer