“As for those other items that masquerade as butter, I‘m working to rid the world of them. . . I don‘t have the word *organic* tattooed on my body. I usually buy organic meats and produce, but not always. Most farmers I work with are not certified organic but many of them farm organically. I know they‘re growing food they‘d feed their families and that‘s good enough for me.”

Loved this book! And reading it long-distance with my mom was wonderful - she loved it too! I have also watched the movie - several times and I think the adaptation is brilliant!

I still have my first two books I learned to read with - 💕 Mary, Jeff and Mike

"I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago." - Captain Frederick Wentworth, Persuasion by Jane Austen

"It taught me to hope," said he, 'as I scarcely ever allowed myself to hope before.'"