“Never make a decision until you have to.”

“Because I have no actual sisters, it is my friends from Ames who’ve exposed me to every facet of womanhood.”

“Here's what we'll do. We're going to keep you at the end of our fishing line. And if you ever need anything, you just give a little tug and we'll reel you back in.”

“I quote my father to people almost every day. Part of that is because if you dispense your own wisdom, others often dismiss it; if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable”

“Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want”

“...we will never look back until this work is finished and love of God and neighbor rules the world...”

“If you weren't a lucky child, you didn't know you weren't lucky until you got older. And then it was all you ever thought about.”