Orlean Puckett Quotes

“I would have been glad if it had been the Lord's will to let one of my children live.”
― Karen Cecil Smith, Orlean Puckett: The Life of a Mountain Midwife, 1844-1939

“There won't be separate stalls in heaven.”
― Karen Cecil Smith, Orlean Puckett: The Life of a Mountain Midwife, 1844-1939

“I don't have but two teeth, but thank the Lord they both hit together.”
― Karen Cecil Smith, Orlean Puckett: The Life of a Mountain Midwife, 1844-1939

“First month honey. . .Next month pie. . .Third month. . .Get out here and work, you damn bitch, same as I.”
― Karen Cecil Smith, Orlean Puckett: The Life of a Mountain Midwife, 1844-1939