The Honk And Holler Opening Soon Quotes
"Telling MollyO not to do something was like telling a four-year-old not to stick a bean up her nose."
"Encouraged by his silence, MollyO had thrown herself into a decorating frenzy."
"Undaunted by minor flaws and small minds, MollyO pressed on."
"The spirit she faked was left at the cafe like an apron she could slip in and out of."
"Christmas was coming—with its scent of pine needles and jingle of bells—and there was nothing MollyO could do to stop it."
"She couldn’t hide from it or get around it, but she had to find a way to get through it."
"She would perform her own Christmas miracle to renew a joyless heart."
"She watched Miracle on 34th Street, addressed Christmas cards and made a pan of fudge. Then she sat down and cried."
"Caney knew MollyO wasn’t telling him the whole story, not by a long shot."
"If anyone could outwhine an Oklahoma windstorm, it was Merle Haggard singing about low-down women and low-life men."
"The day the sign had been delivered and installed, Caney turned twenty, still young enough to laugh about mistakes."
"But after eighteen months in a VA hospital, he was not as familiar with laughter as he had once been."
"Her face seemed to be all hard edges and sharp angles—an unyielding jaw, defiant chin, the tight, straight line of uncurled lips."
"She was trouble, Caney had no doubt about that. But she was something else, too… something Caney couldn’t put a name to."
"With renewed spirit and firm resolve, MollyO started her new campaign."
"Apostolos hadn’t been enthusiastic about hiring Bui in the first place because he had trouble understanding him."
"By the time Apostolos pieced together the story, his face was red with rage."
"Bui Khanh’s car, holding the snow in its creases and dents, was painted in soft patterns of white."
"He had left his home with a dream… a dream that walked with him across Vietnam, sailed with him on the South China Sea, lived with him in a refugee camp in Malaysia."
"And now that dream seemed as lost as he was."
"By then, her energy and spirits flagging, her tirade against Vena had all but played itself out."
"But MollyO decided to keep her suspicions to herself for the time being."
"When she got zapped by a hot flash that left her feeling light-headed."
"Thanks," MollyO said, sounding like she meant it. "I appreciate you helping me out."
"I don't suppose in all the time he was riding he ever got more'n a few bruises."
"Lord, that boy was crazy about horses. Couldn't talk about nothing else."
"We're an old congregation. And getting older."
"But repairs cost money and need strong young men like Brother Marvin, so I don't know..."
"But even with his eyes closed, Caney knew when the gelding carried them down a sharp incline."
"Then, with a smile threatening, she said, 'It just might.'"
"I can't see her washing a dirty diaper in the toilet the way I did. No, I can't see her doing that at all."
"Finally, I gave it all away, all except the rocking chair. My mother rocked me in it when I was a baby and I rocked Brenda in it till she was almost big enough to rock me."
"Oh, she's great. Just great! A touch of morning sickness now and then, but that's to be expected, isn't it?"
"I wish now I'd kept Brenda's things. She had a white baby bed with little gold angels painted across the headboard, and a four-drawer chest to match."
"It’d make more sense for Brenda to use cloth diapers, but she’s never been one to take the sensible route."
"I don't care what it costs. I guess it sounds crazy, but I feel like she's lost."
"She says she and that Travis are saving like you wouldn't believe."
"We cannot question this morning that the Lord has blessed us."
"I’m just crazy, I guess. But sometimes people do crazy things when someone they love is lost."
"I kept all that stuff for years, but I don't know why. I was forty-one when she was born. I knew there wouldn't be any more babies."
"Then we must suppose that whoever you are, you have beautified God's house for His glory and not your own."
"I came in one day last spring and found out she’d called in sick. That wasn’t like Helen at all."
"Apparently, she was living in some abandoned place in the middle of nowhere."
"I don’t know, but something happened to her in San Antonio, something that made her snap."
"I mean it’s a new song. I just finished it today."
"Everything. Your favorite color, how old you were when you learned to tie your shoes, who your first boyfriend was."
"But things are looking up for you now, Brenda."
"You asked me if I’d come down to the Honk some night and sing. Four or five songs, you said."
"Listen up, I’m warning you 'bout a new subversive plot."
"I’ve been thinking that maybe I might ask Brenda to marry me."
"She’s got a pulse, but it’s not very strong."
"I’ve got this one little problem, though. Looks like I’m pregnant."
"I've spent my life running away. I ran from home, from my sister, from a husband. Then I ran away from you. But all that time, I didn’t know the person I was trying to leave behind was me."
"Living in the back room of a run-down cafe. Flipping burgers, waiting tables. Same thing one day after another. I couldn’t expect you to want that."
"I never believed anyone could really love me, didn’t think I was good enough."
"Seems like this is the place I’ve been heading all my life. I took a thousand wrong turns before I got here, but… boat go where boat go."
"Then they danced, sweeping across a ballroom floor, polished, gleaming, smooth. They danced, filled with the sweet aroma of pine needles and pumpkin and baby powder. They danced, entranced by a crisp, clear sky lit by twinkling stars and a bright, full moon."