Quotes by Caroline Austin

“May you grow up kinder than your fathers and less superstitious than your mothers,””

“Seem like it be a mighty hard thing to change someone’s mind,” he said. “Most folks won’t change their mind unless they have a change of heart first.” “Well, then . . . how do I change their heart?” “You can’t, Missy Caroline,” he said gently. “Only Massa Jesus can change folks’ hearts.””

“God, he thinks, he could be starving and she’d fill him up with one sweet look.””

“she could begin again and not become so entangled in this long, horrible war, would she watch from the sidelines as a spectator this time? Would she choose differently, take fewer risks? Caroline””

“The war has changed you, too, Caroline. Your faith is stronger, your compassion deeper, your love more intense than ever before. It's as if all the qualities I saw in you and fell in love with have been refined and purified.””

“Behind Caroline was her schoolroom full of bright, eager students. God had given them to her as a gift, to show her that the sacrifices she’d made did have meaning. His purposes for her life would be partly fulfilled in them, and in those children’s futures.””