Connie Rose Porter > Quotes

“Maybe I am getting too grown to want to sleep with Mama. But like a baby, I still have this smallness to my mind. I don't need her hands to convince me the world I can't see from under my blanket is real. I need her hands to do more than her words. Convince me the world I see outside it- ain't.”
― Connie Porter

“Anger and bitterness can be like weeds. If you let them grow, pretty soon they take over and there ain't room for nothing else.”
― Connie Rose Porter, A Heart Full of Hope: An Addy Classic (2)

“...I don't want you think that we ain't a family 'cause we ain't all in one place....”
― Connie Rose Porter, Finding Freedom

“That ain't right," Addy said.

"It ain't, but it's the way things is," Sarah said.”
― Connie Rose Porter, Finding Freedom

“garret.”
― Connie Rose Porter, Finding Freedom: An Addy Classic Volume 1

“But he is still locked up.'
'Oh, child,' answered Mrs. Golden. 'That cage can't contain Sunny's spirit. It soars right out from behind those bars. That's what's important for all of us. To let our souls sing out.”
― Connie Rose Porter, Happy Birthday, Addy!: A Springtime Story