“After all, a woman didn't leave much behind in the world to show she'd been there. Even the children she bore and raised got their father's name. But her quilts, now that was something she could pass on.”

“... I told him I was so happy that I had nothing else to pray for. 'Why,'says I, I've got prayers to sell. ”

“There's a special kind of man who plants a tree when he knows he'll move on before it's big enough for him to sit in it's shade.”

“Love is not limited.”

“Marriage has taught me that women are the only ones who apologize.”

“Nobody starts out a perfect quilter.”

“You know what a storyteller is, don't you? It's a person that has a good memory who hopes other people don't.”