Quotes by Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow

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Cecelia, as with every look and gesture she let us know, was entirely at ease only in the company of her equals – a comp — Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow
I thought that some of the hymns bespoke the true religion of the place. The people didn't really want to be saints of s — Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow
Sometimes I knew in all my mind and heart why I had done what I had done, and I welcomed the sacrifice. But there were t — Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow
However interesting and lovely my days were, I could get from one day to the next only by passing through a night. I hav — Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow
Mattie was a grown woman in love, and they had to let her go, with their blessing, enduring what could not be helped. An — Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow
Christ did not descend from the cross except into the grave. And why not otherwise? Wouldn’t it have put fine comical ex — Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow
I loved the different voices all singing one song, the various tones and qualities, the passing lifts of feeling, rising — Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow
You may say that I am just another outdated old man complaining about progress and the changes of time. But, you see, I — Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow
Finally Bill Mixter would lower his head, lay his bow upon the strings, and draw out the first notes of a tune, and the — Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow
He never complained. He seemed to have no instinct for the making much of oneself that complaining requires. — Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow
The river and the garden have been the foundations of my economy here. Of the two I have liked the river best. It is won — Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow
He was lonely because he could imagine himself as anything but himself and as anywhere but where he was. His competitive — Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow