“Sometimes while you wait for what you think is better," Philomene said, "what is good enough slips away.”

“Reaching too deep into something not meant for you is full of pain. Figure out what you can have and work on that”

“Sometimes good came out of hurt, compensation came out of pain. He gave with one hand, and He took with the other.”

“You can't tell how heavy somebody else's load is just from looking. The Lord doesn't give us more than we can carry”

“Three generations of women out on the front porch, four counting little Emily, trying to put words around a past and a future that could never be explained.”

“There is nothing more satisfying than having plans.”

“Being a slave is to have nothing but still having something left to lose.”