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> [“America is a young country, young and brash and prone to errors. Like teenagers. For all our inherent goodness, we’ve been cursed with bright, shiny object disease and we don’t want a cure. Not now. Not till we get our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-choate-davis/america-is-a-young-country-young-and-brash-and-prone-to-errors-like/)

[Heather Choate Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-choate-davis/)

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## Other authors on 1

## More by Heather Choate Davis

> [“In our post-everything culture, obey has become a four-letter word. Obeying is for wimps. Obeying is for people who didn’t do well enough on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-choate-davis/in-our-post-everything-culture-obey-has-become-a-four-letter-word/)

[Heather Choate Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-choate-davis/)

> [“Our own egos are so fragile we cannot bear to give our lives to the raising of children only to have them become ordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-choate-davis/our-own-egos-are-so-fragile-we-cannot-bear-to-give-our-lives-to-the/)

[Heather Choate Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-choate-davis/)

> [“America is a young country, young and brash and prone to errors. Like teenagers. For all our inherent goodness, we’ve been cursed with bright,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-choate-davis/america-is-a-young-country-young-and-brash-and-prone-to-errors-like/)

[Heather Choate Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-choate-davis/)

> [“I can’t hear God’s voice for my kids, but I can watch and listen and pray and adjust and try not to screw up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-choate-davis/i-can-t-hear-god-s-voice-for-my-kids-but-i-can-watch-and-listen-and/)

[Heather Choate Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-choate-davis/)

> [“We love Christmas presents but not Christ; Easter baskets but not crosses. We want to tell our friends with cancer that we will pray…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-choate-davis/we-love-christmas-presents-but-not-christ-easter-baskets-but-not/)

[Heather Choate Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-choate-davis/)

> [“We fluff them and fold them and nudge them and enhance them and bind them and break them and embellish them beyond measure; then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-choate-davis/we-fluff-them-and-fold-them-and-nudge-them-and-enhance-them-and-bind/)

[Heather Choate Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-choate-davis/)

> [“Even if we’ve never been inside a synagogue or a mosque or a church—even if we have, and vowed never to go back—deep down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-choate-davis/even-if-we-ve-never-been-inside-a-synagogue-or-a-mosque-or-a-church/)

[Heather Choate Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-choate-davis/)

> [“When God says hold up, wait, pray, it’s not your time yet, our entire bodies rebel, legs kicking and flailing like some overturned dung…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-choate-davis/when-god-says-hold-up-wait-pray-it-s-not-your-time-yet-our-entire/)

[Heather Choate Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-choate-davis/)

> [“The attempt to prevent our kids from struggling for fear it might scar their permanent records is, instead, scarring them for life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-choate-davis/the-attempt-to-prevent-our-kids-from-struggling-for-fear-it-might/)

[Heather Choate Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-choate-davis/)

> [“Did you notice there aren’t any average kids anymore—only Gifted and Disposable?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-choate-davis/did-you-notice-there-aren-t-any-average-kids-anymore-only-gifted-and/)

[Heather Choate Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-choate-davis/)

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