“I looked into her eyes. "Mom, who do you pray to?"I just pray, Daniel. That's all.”
“Helen and Buster got down and started praying with Mom, but I just stood there looking at them. The way I saw it, I was the one who'd saved us all, not Mom and not some guardian angel.”
“Mrs. Mudkin closed her eyes. "We should pray.""I ain't praying," Crazy Cora said. Mrs. Mudkin said, "Lord, please bless---""I ain't praying.""--this land and the people who--""I ain't praying.""--have toiled on this earth--""Stop that praying.""I can pray if I want to.""Then be quiet about it.”
“When you pray, all heaven prays with you. That's a mighty army.”
“I'm the kind of Flying Wallenda who prays for a good net. That's all. Just a good net.”
“We need those who pray constantly to compensate for those who do not pray at all.”