'Then it howled. The walls seemed to shake with it. the floor vibrated under his feet. Selina was stunned, numbed.'Edna Ferber
'The tall, lean, wind-burned, earth-streaked Jans ran out to meet them. Klaas was a madman.'Edna Ferber
'Happiness ain't a thing in itself--it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant.'Pervus DeJong
'It ain't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh--I really think that requires spirit.'Selina DeJong
'We're all made out of the same dough, but not baked in the same oven.'Pervus DeJong
'Church ain't for saints. It's for us sinners.'Maartje Pool
'That's life. Nothin' you can do about it. Just a few more or less won't matter.'Klaas Pool
'In that house is a woman quite as ignorant and illiterate as I was. And a boy the age of our son when he was killed. They think I'm God. Imagine that! And it's been almost worth it--only to feel for once in your life that in someone's eyes you're a god.'Roelf Pool
'I'm going to be a queer kind of farmer, I guess. A sort of cabbagey-flower farmer.'Dirk DeJong
'I understood it. That's something, isn't it? Just to understand a thing when most people don't.'Selina DeJong
'In the end, you end up accepting everything in your life - suffering, horror, love, loss, hate - all of it. It's all a movie anyway.'Edna Ferber