Siri Mitchell Quotes

#1. He took up my hand and looked me straight in the eyes. "You weren't meant to hear it because it wasn't true." "It . . . wasn't?" "No. You see, Franklin has always taken from me everything I ever wanted. And this time, I determined that he would not take you.

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#2. I do understand! I understand what they do not, and that is you can only do with what you have. What God has given you. If you try to be anyone else, it is the worst thing that can happen because you cannot ever be them - and then you give up being you

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#3. This I've learned in life: If you don't believe in Santa Claus, he can't bring you any presents.

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#4. This table is a pigeon trap. A dozen different forks and knives and spoons. Four different goblets. All of them just waiting to be knocked over or misapplied and mishandled. It's a wonder anyone is ever tempted to eat.

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#5. It was about sharing our lives. Building a dream. Starting a family. Together. It was about life being so much richer, so fuller, just because you were at my side.

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#6. No. I'm afraid it would be quite impossible to use a hammer without hammering.

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#7. Love is not some tool for manipulation. Love is a gift - love is from God. Love means everything.

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#8. Was a way of life that seemed to produce nothing of worth and yet consume everything of value.

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#9. When I was a child, Mama had the best voice of all the members of the church. She had loved to sing. Her words had soared like an angel's over the swells of the organ. In fact, I now suspected, her entire theology had been taken from the hymnal.

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#10. You don't give up at the beginning just because you're afraid of what might happen at the end. If it's worth it, then it's worth it,

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#11. But what they had achieved apart on the dance floors of the world was nothing compared to what they achieved together.

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#12. Love doesn't make you run away. Love makes you come back.

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#13. Maybe what God had done was give her a great gift. She'd come to this country helpless and friendless. She'd been given both friends and a family

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#14. The problem wasn't drinking. The problem was people. And what they needed wasn't a new law; what they needed was a new heart.

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#15. I curtsied. 'Thank you, Mr. Stansbury. And I apologize for my lack of grace.'
He bowed. 'Never apologize for being courageous, Miss Withersby.

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#16. A statue of Mary, sheltered inside, implied infinite peace. A listening ear. A willingness to give you the benefit of the doubt. God knew what he was doing when he gave Jesus a mother.

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#17. But it's no good preaching to a grief-stricken soul. And it can actually cause much harm. God is long-suffering in His patience, however, and infinite in His kindness,

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#18. Your past is not as important as your future. Did you know that? Can't change anything about what you've been, but you can change who you'll become.

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#19. You can wish or you can do." That's what the dean always said. "You might have done the wrong thing in the first place, but you don't have to do the wrong thing in the second place." That's way I always said.

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#20. But if it wasn't you, then who would I dream about?

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#21. Who has ever deserved anything they've been given? Love isn't about deserving,cara mia. It's about giving. And accepting. And sharing. The most worthy heart is also the most courageous.

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#22. Laws have never been able to change human nature, and only God can change hearts.

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#23. Why does it always have to be that way? Why do good men always have to sacrifice themselves for others?
Because they believe that the rest of us are worth it.

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