Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The...
A source page for quotes linked to Ann Rinaldi.
“I find American girls have a spirit and honesty about them that is most refreshing.”
“I earn my own respect," I told Emilie. "I don't ride the coattails of someone else.”
“He knows the most important language of all. Human compassion.”
“When I write I am the real me.”
“Most of our miseries we bring on ourselves. And they're the sum of our own stupidity.”
“There are depths to the human soul that should not be fathomed.”
“Sometimes it take courage to leave.”
“A person doesn't ask permission to fall in love; not even of themselves.”
“You don't trade in the devil you know for the one you don't know.”
“Doing good doesn't always make you feel good. I don't care what they tell you in church.”
“The most important thing we ever have to learn in life is to live with our choices.”
“A person has to be strong in life. A person must practice strength, even if they don't feel it.”
“Are all American girls as daft as you, Rachel?" "I hope so," I said.”
“Sometimes it takes courage to leave.”