“According to the calendar, it's spring. So why am I still freezing?Because your blood has thinned over winter. It'll take a while before you're no longer a freeze-baby”

“I'm not a little sheep who's wandered from her ewe. I am a grown woman!”

“Her checkbook catches his eye. He takes it and hides it in the back of the freezer, underneath a bag of frozen lima beans. If she can freeze his account, he can freeze hers.”

“Finding out how the rest of the world lives is a normal part of rumschpringe. I didn't think it was up to my father-or my bishop-to squash that kind of curiosity.”

“Getting too interested in the English way of life won't help you land a permanent job.”

“Rumors alone can cause his family grief. It just isn't fair to compromise a person's reputation.”

“All civilisation has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.”