Karen Cecil Smith > Quotes

“I would have been glad if it had been the Lord's will to let one of my children live.”
― Karen Cecil Smith, Orlean Puckett: The Life of a Mountain Midwife, 1844-1939

“Biscuits are rough, potatoes are tough. I pray to God we all get enough.”
― Karen Cecil Smith, Pillow of Thorns

“Child, there's a sayin' every fishmonger has. When you buy land, you buy stones. When you buy fish, you buy bones.”
― Karen Cecil Smith, Pillow of Thorns

“I don't have but two teeth, but thank the Lord they both hit together.”
― Karen Cecil Smith, Orlean Puckett: The Life of a Mountain Midwife, 1844-1939

“There won't be separate stalls in heaven.”
― Karen Cecil Smith, Orlean Puckett: The Life of a Mountain Midwife, 1844-1939

“If a rooster crows while you're thinking about a man," the fortuneteller had once told Maria, "then he's the one you'll marry.”
― Karen Cecil Smith, Pillow of Thorns

“She reached out her arms to Blackie. The beautiful siren was calling her weary sailor safely to port.”
― Karen Cecil Smith, Pillow of Thorns

“First month honey. . .Next month pie. . .Third month. . .Get out here and work, you damn bitch, same as I.”
― Karen Cecil Smith, Orlean Puckett: The Life of a Mountain Midwife, 1844-1939

“If decorum allowed, she would take tea at the hotel. Once inside, she might run into a rich northern gentleman who had ridden in this very coach. If only she could touch something colored blue for luck before entering the building! "Touch blue and your wish will come true." That, along with the rabbit's foot she always carried in her pocket, would almost ensure such a meeting.”
― Karen Cecil Smith