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21 " It’s funny how mistakes are so much clearer after you’ve already made them. "
― Lisa Wingate , Dandelion Summer (Blue Sky Hill #4)
22 " We all make trade-offs to get what we want. But no matter what you stand to gain, when the thing you’re asked to trade is yourself, the price is too high.” What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? "
23 " Right after I started at this new school, the history teacher brought in an old lady to talk to us about segregation. The lady said there used to be places in Dallas where she just plain couldn’t go. She remembered how they used to have “colored day” at the state fair, and how in most of the stores, she couldn’t try on clothes unless she bought them first, and then if it didn’t fit she was stuck with it. She laughed and said, “But the Lord provides for those that’ll try, because that’s how I started my own business.” Her cheeks crinkled up and her eyes twinkled like two tiny black dots of fresh paint on an old piece of brown paper. "
24 " When I listened to the lady telling her story, I could relate to not being welcome someplace. I liked the idea that God might take that very thing that stunk the worst about your life and change it around into something good. "
25 " She looked around the room then, and her eyes got misty, and she said we kids oughta remember there was a time when some folks had it a lot harder than others. I couldn’t see how things were so different now. "
