"They had had three children of their own, and all three had died as children. I suppose Aunt Cordie and Uncle Othy had a store of affection laid away that they now brought out and applied to me. Later I would know how blessed I had been."
Chap. 3, p. 15

"As I did not know then but know now, the surface of the river is like a living soul, which is easy to disturb, is often disturbed, but, growing calm, shows what it was, is, and and will be."
Chap. 3, p. 20

"And now, nearing the end, I see that my life is almost entirely memory and very little time."
Chap. 3, p. 24

"And for a while, though I believe I felt the influence of my unthought questions, I continued not to think of them."
Chap. 6, p. 46

"Does prayer change God's mind? If God's mind can be changed by the wants...