The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness Quotes

“I think we should call it the patchwork quilt of happiness,” Paige said, “and rotate it from family to family. It feels…important for everyone to have a share of it somehow.”
― Ava Miles, The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness

“sometimes terrible moments could strengthen the bond between people if only they continued to trust and support each other.”
― Ava Miles, The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness

“You reach deep inside you, find your inner strength, and do what you know what you must do.”
― Ava Miles, The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness

“When it comes down to it, kids only believe in actions,” her mama told her. “Words are all good and dandy, but she’s at an age where she starts to see the divide we all come to see as we grow up. Some people are worth their words and others aren’t. Show her with your actions that she can count on you and that you care about her and her father. She wants him to be happy too.”
― Ava Miles, The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness

“Dad, you always tell me that good people don’t make excuses. They take responsibility.”
― Ava Miles, The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness

“Love shouldn’t be bound by a timetable.”
― Ava Miles, The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness

“We are not responsible for our parents’ choices. That’s something I realized a long time ago. My mother made some very bad decisions, and she continued to do so throughout my childhood. I’m not going to be around that kind of destructive energy again, and neither is anyone in this family.”
― Ava Miles, The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness

“I want to live in a world where…” He gestured to the sky. “Where people do the right thing because they believe it’s right. Not because someone or some institution tells them so. Does that make sense?”
― Ava Miles, The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness

“tonight, that made her warm to quilting the most. Mark had always said prayer was like the wishes you wanted for yourself and those you love,”
― Ava Miles, The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness

“Just be yourself,” Mark had whispered in her ear after kissing her goodbye by the car. “When you do that, everything always works out.”
― Ava Miles, The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness

“Sadie felt her cheeks heat. She hadn’t done it to be brave, but it meant a lot to her to hear them say so. She’d always felt like the little mouse of the McGuinesses—smaller and softer than their larger-than-life personalities. The rest of them had seemed driven from the get-go, but it had taken her a while to find her purpose. College hadn’t helped her, and for a time, she’d struggled to match her love of quilting with a job she loved.”
― Ava Miles, The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness