The Hope Chest Quotes

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― Carolyn Brown, The Hope Chest

“I figured that once you’ve had steak, it’s kind of hard to go back to bologna.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Hope Chest

“diced onion, cover it with water, and boil until the meat is done and the onions are tender. Pour in two cans of kidney beans and a can of tomato sauce. Then add about a cup of ketchup and a fourth cup of Worcestershire sauce and simmer. I make it and pour it into a slow cooker and let it simmer on low for a few hours. Daddy liked to add a little more Worcestershire sauce to it. Mama always served it with hot rolls and an assortment of sliced cheese.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Hope Chest

“I do love you,” she muttered, “but the Bible doesn’t say I have to like you.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Hope Chest

“It’s never too late to start all over. As long as you have breath in your lungs and a brain in your head, you can take the bull by the horns, spit in his eye, and make a new and better life for yourself.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Hope Chest

“Might be the easiest soup in the world to make,” Nessa answered. “You crumble up a pound of hamburger in a pot with a small diced onion, cover it with water, and boil until the meat is done and the onions are tender. Pour in two cans of kidney beans and a can of tomato sauce. Then add about a cup of ketchup and a fourth cup of Worcestershire sauce and simmer. I make it and pour it into a slow cooker and let it simmer on low for a few hours. Daddy liked to add a little more Worcestershire sauce to it. Mama always served it with hot rolls and an assortment of sliced cheese.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Hope Chest

“We can’t expect to be over the past in only three weeks, but we can close the door to it and choose to be happy one day at a time.” Nessa gave her another sideways hug.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Hope Chest

“We can’t go back and redo or undo the past, but we don’t have to let it define us,”
― Carolyn Brown, The Hope Chest

“The past defines the present and affects the future”
― Carolyn Brown, The Hope Chest

“Guess you can take the teacher out of the classroom, but you can’t take the bossy out of the teacher.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Hope Chest

“What you call rock bottom, I call rebirth.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Hope Chest