"The Last Silk Dress" Quotes
In "The Last Silk Dress," Ann Rinaldi tells the story of a young girl in the Civil War South who discovers courage and compassion as she navigates the challenges of war and slavery.
historical fiction | 352 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
A girl can never leave her family. She can go away for an hour, an afternoon, a night. But then she must come back. She must come back to herself, to her own history, and to her people.
I knew that I was growing up, knew that I would have to find my own place in the world eventually. But I dreaded the thought of leaving my family. I did not want to go into the great unknown alone.
Sometimes it's not what we do, but what we don't do, that matters most.
It is a hard thing to forgive those who have hurt us, but it is even harder to forgive ourselves for the hurt we have caused others.
Love and hate are two sides of the same coin. They both consume you, but in different ways.
Sometimes the people we least expect to understand us are the ones who truly see us for who we are.
History has a way of repeating itself, and if we don't learn from it, we are doomed to make the same mistakes over and over again.
The world is a vast and complicated place, but sometimes the most profound truths can be found in the simplest of moments.
The bonds of friendship can withstand the test of time and distance, for true friends are never really apart.
Sometimes the most beautiful things in life are born out of pain and struggle.
