The Last Midwife Quotes

“Dawn was her favorite time of day. God birthed the world then, she thought.”
― Sandra Dallas, The Last Midwife

“Sophie Kruger had worked in a house herself, up in Middle Swan. But now she pretended she was quality. There were none so self-righteous as those who rewrote their past.”
― Sandra Dallas, The Last Midwife

“The feeling was not pride. It was a kind of radiance, like the burst of a sunrise, that warmed her soul.”
― Sandra Dallas, The Last Midwife

“The birth of a baby was proof enough. Every baby, she believed, was a miracle of God.”
― Sandra Dallas, The Last Midwife

“boys grow up and cleave to their wives. A girl is a daughter forevermore, no matter where she goes or how many young’uns she has.”
― Sandra Dallas, The Last Midwife

“They were earthy people, devoid of refinement.”
― Sandra Dallas, The Last Midwife

“Sometimes it seemed as if the burden of each death was added to the others until she was bowed under the weight of dead souls.”
― Sandra Dallas, The Last Midwife