Ruth Price > Quotes

“Ruth Price is a Pennsylvania native and devoted mother of four. After her youngest set off for college, she decided it was time to pursue her childhood dream to become a fiction writer. Drawing inspiration from her faith, her husband and love of her life Harold, and deep interest in Amish culture that stemmed from a childhood summer spent with her family on a Lancaster farm, Ruth began to pen the stories that had always jabbered away in her mind. Ruth believes that art at its best channels a higher good, and while she doesn’t always reach that ideal, she hopes that her readers are entertained and inspired by her stories.”
― Ruth Price, Out of Darkness - Book 1

“Love, the beauty of nature, and your relationship with God… those are the most important things in life.”
― Ruth Price, Out of Darkness Megabook

“death in childbirth had been God's will, as much as the rising of the sun and the flourishing of the fields; a loss he couldn't understand, but with God's aid would someday be able to bear. Most days the prayers lay empty on his lips and in his heart. He was angry at God, though it was foolish to be angry at God - but more than at God, he was angry at himself”
― Ruth Price, Out of Darkness - Book 1

“if the girl was cute, he might even get a little extra. The first day, Mike and another guy, rail-thin and sweaty, who only went by D., sat watch in front of the door of Sofia's room. They took turns bringing in her meals. The farmhouse Carl had appropriated was one step from falling in, and way too hot. The girl -- woman, actually, and wearing”
― Ruth Price, Out of Darkness - Book 1

“We use generators," Abram explained. "For the basics, but we don't believe in progress for the sake of progress, nor do we hold with the idea of acquiring for the sake of showing ourselves better than our neighbors, which is often a byproduct of your modern conveniences. All of these things distance one from nature and a true relationship with our God.”
― Ruth Price, Out of Darkness - Book 1