Shelley Shepard Gray > Quotes

“If you can't see the bright side, why ya just need to polish the dull one.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, Winter's Awakening

“Don't worry so. Regret will only make you lose sleep, not solve the problem.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, Grace

“Would you think it strange if I said I was having a good time? We're lost and confused and carrying around a cat. By all accounts, I should be feeling completely at a loss. Irritated.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, Autumn's Promise

“Christmas is a time of sharing, and joy and grace. There's no better time to entertain family and friends than now.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, Grace

“Idle hands make fretful minds.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, Grace

“A house is made from walls and beams . . . a home is made of love and dreams. Amish Proverb”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, Hopeful

“daed”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, Christmas in Sugarcreek: A Heartwarming Amish Romance from the Seasons of Sugarcreek Series

“She knew because moments that were easy weren’t memorable. They didn’t last. It was the hard things, the challenges, the situations that took one’s pain and suffering and wrought something beautiful, that were the moments worth savoring. Those were what changed lives. And because of that, perhaps they were the only moments that truly mattered”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, A Son's Vow

“Indeed, child. Even in the midst of darkness, there is always something to be thankful for.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, Her Secret

“bank of the creek”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, Hidden

“The Lord makes sure there's no journey we can't handle.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, Grace

“The older a man gets the farther he had to walk to school as a child.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, Found

“She thought that keeping her secret deep within herself would free her, but the opposite had been true. It had only weighed her down.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, Grace

“I realized then that my mother didn’t spend months of her short life making a beautiful quilt for it to be hidden away and smell old and plasticky, too.” “She’d intended for it to be used.” “She did.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, A Perfect Amish Romance

“And if she had known what a kiss could truly be like? Well, she might not have been so crushed about Levi’s departure all those years ago. Some things were simply beyond compare.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, A Perfect Amish Romance

“will you try to not overthink everything tonight?”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, An Amish Surprise

“People make mistakes in their lives, and not all mistakes are ugly and revolting.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, The Promise of Palm Grove

“RULE #16 • Never underestimate the value of a good bookmark.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, A Perfect Amish Romance

“If you can’t have the best of everything, make the best of everything you have. Amish Proverb”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, Thankful

“Amazing how the Lord always seemed to make everything turn out all right.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, The Proposal at Siesta Key

“If she'd ever learned anything in her twenty years, it was to be careful. Especially with her heart.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, Grace

“A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full life.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, A Christmas Bride in Pinecraft

“RULE #35 • Encourage lifelong reading. And when the circumstances allow it, maybe encourage lifelong kindness, too.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, A Perfect Amish Romance

“Honestly, she was a little bit embarrassed by her love for the books. The moving stories, all filled with happily ever afters made her so happy. They were her secret addiction, her catnip, the way she was able to sleep at night. They were how she’d gotten through the last three years.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, A Perfect Amish Romance

“I am determined to enjoy each da tot he fullest. I don't want to wish away Christmas. I want to enjoy these last moments of Advent and look forward to Jesus's birth with anticipation.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, Grace

“It’s not about being perfect for each other. It’s about accepting and loving each other’s imperfections. It’s about wanting to be happy instead of wanting what is flawless.” He squeezed her hands gently. “It’s about what truly matters.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, A Perfect Amish Romance

“One had to be ready to be happy. It wasn’t simply a state of being, it was a state of mind.”
― Shelley Shepard Gray, Her Secret