“She's called the secretary, but as far as I can tell she basically runs the school.”
“Phone service is back up and Devyn calls Issie, and then leaves to bring her over. Gram calls Mrs. Nix, the school secretary."She's a bear," Betty exclaims after she hangs up the phone. "I trust her."I don't even blink.”
“A women can run, hide, play and have fun but she will shine far better when she just smiles without none.”
“Because when something happens, she's the person I want to tell. The most basic indicator of love.”
“At times she's so basic, at others so wise it frightens me that I got so far in this world without the benefit of such knowledge.”
“But don't blame me for the food. My wife knows a hundred and one ways to incinerate a cow, and as far as I can tell she's still experimenting.”