Michelle Shocklee > Quotes

“Count your nights by stars, not shadows; count your life with smiles, not tears.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Count the Nights by Stars

“Livin’ life ain’t about seein’ and doin’. It’s about lovin’ and takin’ care of those who’ve been put in your path. God gave us this land to tend, just like he says in the Good Book. I don’t need to travel the world to find satisfaction with the life he’s given me.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Appalachian Song

“Maybe confidence in oneself had nothing to do with what other folks thought or did. Maybe it was deep down inside you, just waiting to be let loose like a spring of water gushing to the surface.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“scowled. “No, I certainly do not. You didn’t own slaves. It’s been seventy-one years since the war ended. No one holds your generation responsible for slavery, dear.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“God had been faithful. Through the silent, lonely years when it seemed he wasn’t listening. Through the pain and sadness, wondering why things had to happen the way they did. He was there, all along, preparing this day. Reminding each of them he was a good, good Father, adopting everyone who believes in Christ into his family where all would be loved and cherished for eternity.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Appalachian Song

“I don’t like remembering the bad times, but the Lord has a way of using them to get you to where he wants you to”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“furrowed, and she leaned forward as though she’d seen him in the darkness. Jerking back behind the plant, he decided it wouldn’t be good to be found on the porch.”
― Michelle Shocklee, The Planter's Daughter

“Tryin' to outrun pain in this life is useless. It always catches up to you, no matter how far you run. Numbin' it don't work either. Seems to me facin' our fears is the best way to move forward. You wouldn't want to live with regret.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Appalachian Song

“God’s ways aren’t our ways, child. Sometimes it’s impossible for us to understand why things like this happen. Other times, he makes it clear. Like when there’s somethin’ not quite right with the baby.” She sighed. “But as hard as it is to accept, we have to trust that God knows best.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Appalachian Song

“Even though slavery isn’t legal anymore, I believe it’s important to remember the past as it truly was, not as we wish it to be.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“I don’t like remembering the bad times, but the Lord has a way of using them to get you to where he wants you to go.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

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― Michelle Shocklee, The Widow of Rose Hill

“Bertie’s lips puckered, and she narrowed her gaze on him. “Tryin’ to outrun pain in this life is useless. It always catches up to you, no matter how far you run. Numbin’ it don’t work either. Seems to me facin’ our fears is the best way to move forward. You wouldn’t want to live with regret.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Appalachian Song

“Wasn’t that what life was about? To know and be known. To offer encouragement to others and share the burdens we all face. No matter the color of one’s skin, weren’t we all supposed to care about each other?”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“We aren't meant to understand the whys of everything. We're simply asked to trust in the One who does.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Count the Nights by Stars

“I whispered. “I’m scared God’s gonna take my baby the way he took Rhoda’s. I done wrong, but my baby ain’t done nothin’. Rhoda’s boy was so small and helpless. How could God do that to him?” Bertie held me the way I’d held Rhoda. “God’s ways aren’t our ways, child. Sometimes it’s impossible for us to understand why things like this happen. Other times, he makes it clear. Like when there’s somethin’ not quite right with the baby.” She sighed. “But as hard as it is to accept, we have to trust that God knows best.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Appalachian Song

“When you get to be my age, you try not to miss an opportunity to give thanks to the Lord for every little blessing. You never know when you’ll find yo’self face-to-face with him.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“You need to see life from a different perspective in order to move forward.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak. . . . I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.” HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, 1851”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“Why do men do it”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“Hatred is a powerful thing. It can turn a person into something they ain’t.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree

“I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak. . . . I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.” HARRIET BEECHER STOWE”
― Michelle Shocklee, Under the Tulip Tree