“But love is so much more than words.”

“What was home, really? Just a place to lay your head.No. It was so much more than that. It was a place where a person belonged. Where a fellow would be missed. It was a part of a man. Something that couldn't be sold or taken for granted.”

“We fail in the work of grace and love when there is too much of us and not enough of God.”

“Better to stop one paddle short than one too far.”

“I love a man with dishpan hands!”

“I think you're the kind of man a girl can count on. You just can't let go of losing your family. You can't let yourself love because you think your heart can't handle it . . . that something bad will happen. But you're wrong. It's true . . . grief is the price for love. But hearts are made to mend. Christ can do wonders with a broken heart, if given all the pieces.”

“When did wishing someone a Merry Christmas become politically incorrect?”