Lauraine Snelling > Quotes

“Yes, she believed God loved her. But if this whole fiasco was His idea of love . . .”
― Lauraine Snelling, Valley of Dreams

“Gran was just being polite. Southern people are supposed to be polite and gracious. She's trying to show me how to be the same way.”
― Lauraine Snelling, Olympic Dreams

“Father, I leave them in your hands, for mine are far too small and weak. You are God, and I thank you.”
― Lauraine Snelling, A Land to Call Home

“Sometimes men are still boys, only wearing bigger clothes, until God takes them by the suspenders and gives them a good shake.”
― Lauraine Snelling, A Land to Call Home

“By the grace of God and by keeping busy making life better for others. That is how women always get through the hard parts of life.”
― Lauraine Snelling, Dakota December and Dakota Destiny

“God is my strength and my fortress. I will rejoice in God my Savior.”
― Lauraine Snelling, A New Day Rising

“God had not turned a deaf ear. He had been waiting for her to listen, as He always did.”
― Lauraine Snelling, A Land to Call Home

“Small town, things get around”
― Lauraine Snelling, Ruby

“Was she like the prairie, only slowly yielding to God’s plow in her life? She needed busting, then backsetting, and finally after snow and sun and rain, the seeds could be planted that would sprout into living wheat.”
― Lauraine Snelling, An Untamed Land

“Heavenly Father, you must think us such silly creatures, always worrying about tomorrow and letting today slip by.”
― Lauraine Snelling, The Reapers' Song

“She turned at the sound of a horse cantering toward them. If it wasn’t Benjamin, they could be in a heap of trouble.”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks

“You have to hit it,” she told herself. “This could be life or death.” She positioned her rifle and made herself comfortable on the rock. Chief had disappeared. A hawk screed high overhead. She”
― Lauraine Snelling, Valley of Dreams

“There is no God!”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks

“She scraped the match across the sole of her shoe and tossed the flaming bit of wood”
― Lauraine Snelling, Dakota Dawn

“As Ma always says, ‘The good Lord has His eye on the sparrow and us as well.”
― Lauraine Snelling, Dakota Dawn

“Jesselynn”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks

“the”
― Lauraine Snelling, Dakota Dawn

“Judith watched them drive away”
― Lauraine Snelling, Someday Home

“want to know is what lies ahead.”
― Lauraine Snelling, To Everything a Season

“imagine”
― Lauraine Snelling, A Dream to Follow

“Joy is everywhere. You just have to recognize it.”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks

“We had a tractor, but we also had a gray Percheron team of horses. We milked cows by hand, kerosene lighted lamps and lanterns, and my mom cooked on a black, iron woodstove.”
― Lauraine Snelling, Dakota Dawn

“Thaddeus”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks

“He picked her up and gathered her into his arms, brushing a kiss across her cheek.”
― Lauraine Snelling, Dakota Dawn

“I cannot believe this, but I am seeing it with my own eyes. I have to believe.”
― Lauraine Snelling, The Promise of Dawn

“Are you sure you feel up to attending the tea?” Freda asked, standing arms akimbo, a frown adding wrinkles to her forehead. “Of course. What do I have to do but sit there and be polite?” Ingeborg smiled gently. “I have told you and told you that I am fine. In fact, I feel better than I have in a long while.” She took a basket off the kitchen counter. “The peace of God is mighty restorative, you know. Now, you go change so you will be ready too.” “I am not going.” “Freda, why is it you refuse to attend the few social events we have in Blessing?” “I guess I am just not a sociable person. I’d rather hoe the garden or wash the cheese molds than”
― Lauraine Snelling, A Heart for Home

“Helping others makes life worth living.”
― Lauraine Snelling, A Breath of Hope

“the sun was already stretching golden fingers across the grass, the blades sparkled green, like a welcome mat sprinkled with diamonds.”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks

“He could even read parts of the Bible. He’d started with the stories of his hero, David.”
― Lauraine Snelling, An Untamed Land

“trot”
― Lauraine Snelling, Daughter of Twin Oaks