Under the Tulip Tree Quotes

“Maybe confidence in oneself had nothing to do with what other folks thought or did. Maybe it was deep down inside you, just waiting to be let loose like a spring of water gushing to the surface.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“Even though slavery isn’t legal anymore, I believe it’s important to remember the past as it truly was, not as we wish it to be.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“I don’t like remembering the bad times, but the Lord has a way of using them to get you to where he wants you to”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“You need to see life from a different perspective in order to move forward.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“When you get to be my age, you try not to miss an opportunity to give thanks to the Lord for every little blessing. You never know when you’ll find yo’self face-to-face with him.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“Wasn’t that what life was about? To know and be known. To offer encouragement to others and share the burdens we all face. No matter the color of one’s skin, weren’t we all supposed to care about each other?”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak. . . . I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.” HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, 1851”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“scowled. “No, I certainly do not. You didn’t own slaves. It’s been seventy-one years since the war ended. No one holds your generation responsible for slavery, dear.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“I don’t like remembering the bad times, but the Lord has a way of using them to get you to where he wants you to go.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“Why do men do it”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak. . . . I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.” HARRIET BEECHER STOWE”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“Hatred is a powerful thing. It can turn a person into something they ain’t.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree