“I like your mama,' Trena tells me. 'She seems like good people.' 'Smile!' my mom calls to me from across the room, and I look at her and smile. Because she is good people. And she means well, even if… — Frances O'Roark Dowell Copy Share Image
“Tobin, my man, you are going to learn about chickens. And when you to learn about chickens, you will learn about life.” — Frances O'Roark Dowell Copy Share Image
“When I think about everything that's happened since school started, well, I don't think the word 'normal' applies to any of it. Verbena is… — Frances O'Roark Dowell Copy Share Image
“I have to say, it felt good to be wanted, son. Felt real good.” — Frances O'Roark Dowell Copy Share Image
“What filled the rooms of Grete's cottage so decidedly were woven baskets and wooden boxes and clay pots glazed in red and blue, each… — Frances O'Roark Dowell Copy Share Image
“That was a funny thing about friends, Marylin thought. You could know a person practically your whole life and she could still surprise you.” — Frances O'Roark Dowell Copy Share Image
“Dream girl? Ain't such a thing. You walk, you talk, you got mammary glands, well, that's gonna do it right there for most guys.” — Frances O'Roark Dowell Copy Share Image
“Granny sat down on the step and stared off into the trees. "That girl right there, she was my only child. I have lost… — Frances O'Roark Dowell Copy Share Image
“Perhaps you'll apprentice to a healer when you're older," Grete suggested. "I'd say you have the gift for it." Hen reddened, then seemed suddenly… — Frances O'Roark Dowell Copy Share Image
Stars. Trees breathe in starlight year after year, and it goes deep into their bones. So when you cut a tree open, you smell… — Frances O'Roark Dowell Copy Share Image
“My dad, who my mom always refers to as DH for Darling Husband, was protrayed as a 'let's look on the bright side of… — Frances O'Roark Dowell Copy Share Image
“I'm not done arguing with you, Mrs.Fletcher. I'm going to convince you yet." "Well I reckon I got ten or twenty more years in… — Frances O'Roark Dowell Copy Share Image
