“Don't judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.”

“You never know the worth of water until the well is dry.”

“Being a mother is like trying to hold a wolf by the ears,” Gram said. “If you have three or four –or more – chickabiddies, you’re dancing on a hot griddle all the time. You don’t have time to think about anything else. And if you’ve only got one or two, it’s almost harder. You have room left over – empty spaces that you think you’ve got to fill up.”

“I don't care if the whole town comes, as long as you come, Bailey boy.”

“Lizzie said that if you imagined you were standing on the moon, looking down on the earth, you wouldn't be able to see the itty-bitty people racing around worrying you wouldn't see the barn falling in or the cow stuck in the pond; you wouldn't see the mean Granger kids squirting mustard on your white dress. You would see the most beautiful blue oceans and green lands, and the whole earth would look like a giant blue-and-green marble floating in the sky. Your worries would seem so small, maybe invisible.”

“Something I am wondering:if you cannot heardo you have no soundsin your head?Do you seea silent movie”

“Sometimes you know in your heart you love someone, but you have to go away before your head can figure it out.”