“Happiness isn't wanting what you can get, but wanting what you have.”

“Yet it seems to me finishing well in this life is not so much about who is the best or greatest at something, but rather who embraces lowliness of heart. Laying down one's rights- meekness- is a blessed virtue, one that must surely come straight from the Throne of Grace.”

“The tarter the apple, the tastier the cider.”

“It keeps us ever mindful of life, how it streams by in an awful rush if one is not careful to stop and listen...and honestly see. (Main character Annie Zook)”

“Courage is fear on its knees.”

“I will dare to do just what I do. Be just what I am. And dance whenever I want to”

“Why do you always refer to vehicles as she?Because they can be temperamental and expensive and sometimes difficult to start, but every man wants one.”