" The young woman asked, “Mattie, do you think I have ruined my chance at the best marriage on the river?” “Lisbeth, I can’ say much ’bout marriage. But I know a good man make life more sweet. Someone to hold you and love you, someone to share your dreams with, someone kind and thoughtful. A good man’s a treasure. "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)