Guest Quotes

“I was in a temper fit to blow the lid off a kettle of boiling water. And who wouldn't be? Since sunup, I'd been doing chores. I'd milked the cow, hauled two buckets of water from the well, fed the chickens, and then fought the hens for their eggs. Now I was down on my knees, sweat-soaked and bug-bitten, yanking weeds from the vegetable patch. My hands were caked with mud, and my nose was burned as red as a strawberry.”
― Mary Downing Hahn, Guest: A Changeling Tale

“I sniffled and rubbed my eyes, determined not to cry, but a tear escaped and another one followed, and soon they were running down my cheeks and my chest was heaving with sobs.”
― Mary Downing Hahn, Guest: A Changeling Tale

“I'd rather be stupid than heartless.”
― Mary Downing Hahn, Guest: A Changeling Tale