Sarah Crouch > Quotes

“Life was messy. Unpredictable. And marriage, while still a sacred union, was far more practical. It was an agreement between two people who woke up and chose to face whatever life brought them together day after day.”
― Sarah Crouch, Middletide

“Everything here was so cyclical, just like life itself. There were seasons of fruitful plenty, seasons of want, seasons of bad and seasons of good, seasons of grief and seasons of hope.

What he'd learned these last few years was that no matter how bleak he felt life to be, there were good times coming just around the next bend, and no matter how content he felt when things were going well, there were sure to be harder times ahead.

Around and around it went. The pity would be to waste the periods of bleakness rather than to use them.”
― Sarah Crouch, Middletide

“Everything here was so cyclical, just like life itself. There were seasons of fruitful plenty, seasons of want, seasons of bad and seasons of good, seasons of grief and seasons of hope.”
― Sarah Crouch

“Relationships are a bit like the briars, Annie. You know, those sharp little brambles that this neck of the woods is known for. They'll cut you up good before they give up their sweetest berries, but once you've got a pot of jam simmering on the stove and see those jars on your pantry shelves, you don't think much about the pain, do you? There's sweetness in life to be had, but sometimes you gotta get through the briars first.”
― Sarah Crouch, The Briars

“Mom always says it's not the burden that breaks you, but whether or not you have someone to help you carry it.”
― Sarah Crouch, The Briars

“Daniel watched him as he worked the tobacco back and forth with his tongue. Innocent. An all-American boy”
― Sarah Crouch, The Briars