Crossing the Lines Quotes

“You can force people to change—which they’ll hate. Or you can inspire them to change—which’ll make ’em love you forever.”
― Richard Doster, Crossing the Lines

“True peace—the kind the Bible talks about—has got to be more than the absence of hostility. It’s got to be the presence of something good. You can’t have peace until you’ve got justice and goodwill and honest-to-goodness brotherhood.” We rounded a bend, back onto Dexter Avenue. “So you’re”
― Richard Doster, Crossing the Lines

“I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it now: This is not who we are. This is not what we’re about.” I inched across the table. “We can’t let this stand, Dalton. We can’t let the whole world think this is the sum total of what we’ve got to offer,”
― Richard Doster, Crossing the Lines

“that they’ll die poor if they never visit the Smokey Mountains,”
― Richard Doster, Crossing the Lines