The Hope of Azure Springs Quotes

“I'm not sure we ever learn to live without those we love. I think Margaret may be right. The secret is to learn to live with them as nearby as we can keep them. My parents are dead and my sister is in Beckford. I miss them every day. Only now am I learning the right way to remember them.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“Yes, Em, your freckles are perfect. Looks are a funny thing, very peculiar. Never waste any time disliking the ones you have. The right person will think they are the very definition of beautiful.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“Fighting a battle with the earth seems like a plenty noble calling to me. Putting food on your table and on the plates of others - it's a quieter way. But it's a good way.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“Does she bring you happiness, make you laugh?" Gideon had asked. When Caleb confessed that she did, his father then asked, "Do you like who you are when you are with her?" Again Caleb answered in the affirmative. He confessed she was not what he had planned, that at first she was just a case to solve.
Then his father said something Caleb couldn't get out of his head. "Our whole lives people try to tell us what beautiful is. As young boys we think we know exactly which women are the loveliest. Then we meet one who doesn't fit the mold and we know we were taught wrong our whole lives." While his pa talked, Caleb envisioned Em's freckled face. "Beauty is something we get to define. We may not see it right away, but when we do, we have trouble remembering the other definition. We wonder how we were ever to misled. All we can see is the one person who defines it for us."
Then his father put a hand on his shoulder and said, "Don't let anyone else decide which kind of beautiful is right for you. You find a girl who brings out the best in you. Who you can see a happy future with. That's your kind of beautiful.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“Looks are a funny thing, very peculiar. Never waste any time disliking the ones you have. The right person will think they are the very definition of beautiful.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“Never waste any time disliking the ones you have. The right person will think they are the very definition of beautiful.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“Margaret told me that often we get so caught up in seeing our own prayers answered that we don't realize we are blessing others.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“The secret is that you have to find a way to enjoy life on the ordinary days. You have to enjoy the little things, like yellow houses with bright red doors. You have to enjoy the sound of the door opening when your man gets home. The laughing of little ones. Those things are more fun than gossip, but it takes a trained mind to soak them in.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“A pretty face can be hard to see past. Be careful, though. All faces change with time. It’s a good heart you want to be saddled with.” Not”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“I’m not sure we ever learn to live without those we love. I think Margaret may be right. The secret is to learn to live with them as nearby as we can keep them.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“Keep enduring. Sometimes the steepest roads lead to the grandest views.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“She no longer cowered from onlookers’ eyes as she passed. Let them say what they would, she knew her own story and they would not steal the measure of joy she’d found.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“When we really live, we risk the pain. But you’ll work through it.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“Whatever you do, don’t stop living now just because a few women got to talking about something they know nothing about. You keep your head up and keep living and soon enough they’ll stop talking. In fact, I think you’ll find a friendly face among them before long.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“The secret is that you have to find a way to enjoy life on the ordinary days. You have to enjoy the little things, like yellow houses with bright red doors. You have to enjoy the sound of the door opening when your man gets home. The laughing of little ones. Those things are more fun than gossip, but it takes a trained mind to soak them in. These folks who waste their time talking about you and me, they are the ones missing out. Not us.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“Don’t let anyone else decide which kind of beautiful is right for you. You find a girl who brings out the best in you. Who you can see a happy future with. That’s your kind of beautiful.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“Our whole lives people try to tell us what beautiful is. As young boys we think we know exactly which women are the loveliest. Then we meet one who doesn’t fit the mold and we know we were taught wrong our whole lives.” While his pa talked, Caleb envisioned Em’s freckled face. “Beauty is something we get to define. We may not see it right away, but when we do, we have trouble even remembering the other definition. We wonder how we were ever so misled. All we can see is the one person who defines it for us.”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs

“Why?” Em reached out and put her hand to his cheek. “Why me?” “Because when I think of what beautiful is, now I see you. I see freckles and yellow hair. You will always be what beautiful is to me. When your hair is gray—that will be my definition of lovely. No one else will ever be right for me. I want to grow old with someone I can laugh with. I don’t want a woman who always says the right words and has forgotten how to have fun. I want a future with you. You told me you had decided to live. Live with me. Marry me, Em. Let me look for rays of sunshine with you.” The”
― Rachel Fordham, The Hope of Azure Springs