“Two or more year ago she was out workin' in her rose garden one mornin' - did you know, boy, she's got over sixty different kinds out there? - and she said to me, said, 'Mr. Blakeslee, I wouldn't even… — Olive Ann Burns Copy Share Image
“Hit ain't sacrilege. Miss Effie Belle says when she cain't think what to have for dinner, she asts God and right off He gives her an idea. To my thinkin', thet's sacrilege." Miss Love really laughed. "There's not a woman… — Olive Ann Burns Copy Share Image
They's a heap more to God's will than death, disapoint-ment, and like thet. Hit's God's will for us to be good and do good,… — Olive Ann Burns Copy Share Image
Livin' is like pourin' water out of a tumbler into a dang Coca-Cola bottle. If'n you skeered you can't do it, you cain't. If'n… — Olive Ann Burns Copy Share Image
Olive Ann describes Sanna as 'a perfectionist and a worrier.' She is obsessed with the idea of finding happiness, and for her, as Olive… — Olive Ann Burns Copy Share Image
“When Jesus said ast and you’ll get it, He meant things of the spirit, not the flesh. Grandpa said Jesus meant us to ast… — Olive Ann Burns Copy Share Image
“Well'm, faith ain't no magic wand or money-back gar'ntee, either one. Hit's jest a way a'livin'. Hit means you don't worry th'ew the days.… — Olive Ann Burns Copy Share Image
“Life bullies us son, but God don't. He had good reasons for fixin' it where if'n you git too sick or too hurt to… — Olive Ann Burns Copy Share Image
“Grandpa had made the Lord seem so real, I wouldn't of been surprised if he'd said good night to Him. But after a long… — Olive Ann Burns Copy Share Image
But to mourn, that's different. To mourn is to be eaten alive with homesickness for the person. — Olive Ann Burns Copy Share Image
I'm convinced true fulfillment is living in God's world one day at a time, savoring it, leaving today's disapointments behind and borrowing no troubles… — Olive Ann Burns Copy Share Image
“I have learned to quit speeding through life, always trying to do too many things too quickly, without taking the time to enjoy each… — Olive Ann Burns Copy Share Image
“Two or more year ago she was out workin' in her rose garden one mornin' - did you know, boy, she's got over sixty… — Olive Ann Burns Copy Share Image
Life is like pouring water into a Coca- Cola bottle; if you're the least bit scared you can't do it — Olive Ann Burns Copy Share Image
