The Heart of the Mountains Quotes

“Love’s worth being brave, ain’t it? Brave again and again and again.”
― Pepper D. Basham, The Heart of the Mountains

“But I reckon God wouldn’t have given tears to us if He didn’t mean for us to use them now and again.”
― Pepper D. Basham, The Heart of the Mountains

“Maybe God was shaping situations and circumstances to form a better story with grander vistas than Jeb could ever imagine.”
― Pepper D. Basham, The Heart of the Mountains

“Mama’s always said that God uses prayin’ to change us more than us changin’ anything else.”
― Pepper D. Basham, The Heart of the Mountains

“Maybe we can’t choose our hard, but I reckon we can choose how to live with it the right way.”
― Pepper D. Basham, The Heart of the Mountains

“Cora’s smile spread. “So, Mrs. McAdams, you’re saying, to be truly fit for whatever God is designing us to be, we must manage the cutting and carving of life in the process?”
― Pepper D. Basham, The Heart of the Mountains

“Any sound person would likely run off, but thanks to her stubborn streak and some sort of crazy love for. . .crazy, she fell right into the world here.”
― Pepper D. Basham, The Heart of the Mountains

“She looked at him in a way that made him feel like he hadn’t lost half of himself in the trenches of Europe.”
― Pepper D. Basham, The Heart of the Mountains