117 Quotes by Joan Bauer

How could a man with so much heart die from a heart attack?

Everyone needs fudge, Hildy. It’s how God helps us cope.

But through it all I held Mrs. Pettibone’s words in my heart-the ones she spoke to me after the funeral when she took my hand, looked into my face and said, “You’ve got your father’s eyes.

My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn’t have any excuse to be stupid.

New places always help us look at life differently.

It’s not fair, but sometimes a kid has to act older than their age. You just pray hard to know what to do.

I’ll tell you something about tough times. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you’ll find your way through.

And I suddenly understand what to do when bad things come. You don’t hide, you don’t look away; you get right up on them, you take the reins and you ride.

Staring down hard truth takes guts.