21 Quotes by Olive Ann Burns

But to mourn, that’s different. To mourn is to be eaten alive with homesickness for the person.

Jesus meant us to ast God to hep us stand the pain, not beg Him to take the pain away.

Ain’t the best prayin’ jest bein’ with God and talkin’ a while, like He’s a good friend, stead a-like he runs a store and you’ve come in a-hopin’ to git a bargain?

I don’t know a soul who couldn’t see a fool jest by lookin’ in the glass. I been one myself, once’t or twice’t. So hesh up now. Cryin’ ain’t go’n do no good.

They’s a heap more to God’s will than death, disapoint-ment, and like thet. Hit’s God’s will for us to be good and do good, love one another, be forgivin’... ” He laughed. “I reckon I ain’t very forgivin’, son. I can forgive a fool, but I ain’t inner-rested in coddlin’ hypocrites. Well anyhow, folks who think God’s will jest has to do with sufferin’ and dyin’, they done missed the whole point.

Sometimes it’s like people are a million times more beautiful to you in your mind. It’s like you see them, that’s how they really are.

There’s nothing like a Harley-Davidson for getting around mud holes, rocks, and wagon ruts on dirt roads – or for making an impression on girls.

I still have a piece of that root, put away in a box with my journal, my can of tobacco tags, the newspaper write-up when I got run over by the train, a photograph of me and Miss Love and Grandpa in the Pierce, my Ag College diploma from the University – and the buckeye that Lightfoot gave me.

Now then, the funeral party. In case you all aint noticed, the first three letters of the word funeral spells fun.