6 Quotes by Anne Mateer

Poverty doesn't make parents unfit any more than wealth deems them appropriate.

I've often had to stand on the firm ground of my convictions when others thought I ought to be doing differently.

I know it because the sun comes up every morning, no matter what. And the rain falls on the crops. And babies are born. I know it because even when death comes, we go on living.

It isn’t just people in faraway places that need your compassion and your help. Sometimes it’s those right where you are.

But perhaps understanding didn’t matter as much as I imagined. Perhaps that was the true definition of faith.

I turned to find Frank standing behind me, his eyes also fixed on the ticket. And it seemed from that moment on I couldn’t get him out from underfoot.