A Cup of Dust Quotes

“That was when I learned that kindness could break a heart just as sure as meanness. The difference was the kindness made that broken heart softer. Meanness just made the heart want to be hard.”
― Susie Finkbeiner, A Cup of Dust

“The world was full of awful people who did terrible and ugly things. Most of them were only awful because of the scars on their hearts.”
― Susie Finkbeiner, A Cup of Dust: A Novel of the Dust Bowl

“The way I figured it, Jesus had the poor close to His heart because they were the ones who had nothing else to hold onto.”
― Susie Finkbeiner, A Cup of Dust: A Novel of the Dust Bowl

“Real mothers were the ones who cleaned up the sick and pushed away the tears and hugged a child tight around the neck. Blood or no, that was what they did.”
― Susie Finkbeiner, A Cup of Dust: A Novel of the Dust Bowl

“Some people ain't worth our sadness”
― Susie Finkbeiner, A Cup of Dust

“That was when I learned that kindness could break a heart just as sure as meanness. The difference was the kindness made that broken heart softer. Meanness just made the heart want to be hard. Running”
― Susie Finkbeiner, A Cup of Dust: A Novel of the Dust Bowl

“The way of the world never seemed to make folks happy.”
― Susie Finkbeiner, A Cup of Dust

“It’s beautiful,” I whispered. “Green as grass.” I remembered grass. It could get as green as that dress.”
― Susie Finkbeiner, A Cup of Dust: A Novel of the Dust Bowl

“Dust and dark married, creating a pillow to smother hard on our faces.”
― Susie Finkbeiner, A Cup of Dust