“One can never had too many librarian friends.”
―
Jennifer Chiaverini,
The Wedding Quilt
“Sometimes the most ordinary things are the ones we learn to miss the most.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, The Quilter's Apprentice
“Anna, falling in love with you was like coming home to a place I didn't realize I'd been missing all my life. You're the only person I've ever known who accepts me for who I am, right in this moment, faults and all, and isn't waiting for me to become someone else.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, The Wedding Quilt
“Perhaps Germany will serve as a warning,” said Arvid. “May they learn from us to snuff out fascism in America when the first sparks arise and not delay until democracy goes up in flames all around them.” “This could never happen in America. A nation that elected Franklin Delano Roosevelt would never elect a madman populist.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women
“Ignorant people, whispering cruel rumors, her mother whispered. Pay them no mind.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Sonoma Rose
“She would almost prefer to fold her arms and sink into an eternal slumber, so that the great longing of her soul for peaceful rest would at last be gratified.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
“loving one’s children does not guarantee that one will never fail them,” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Enchantress of Numbers
“The union of their shared lives could be a masterpiece, even if the colors of one piece clashed with another, even if uneven stitches showed, even if, from time to time, they had to pick out seams, realign the pieces, and sew them back together again. It would not be perfect, but it could be beautiful, if they worked together and persevered.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, The Wedding Quilt
“On Christmas Day, the promise of peace offered a soft and shining light in dark times, an eternal flame that warfare could not douse, nor hatred extinguish.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Christmas Bells
“Mr Lincoln suggested that the Lord sent us this terrible war as punishment for the offense of slavery and that the war may be a mighty scourge to rid US of it” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
“I fear that people do indeed know what Hitler wants, and what he intends, and that is precisely why they vote for him. Not because they misunderstand him, but because they understand him very well, and approve.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women
“Hope is never false. One's hopes may not be fulfilled, but that doesn't not mean it was wrong to hope” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, The Spymistress
“And of course you believed their wise counsel," said Elizabeth lightly, "because people who have never met me are always the best judge of my character.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
“We used to say he must've met you in the fiction section.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Christmas Bells
“Who said you had to fill his shoes?" said Karen. "Wear your own shoes. They're bound to fit better. Walk your own path your own way and you'll be more likely to get to where you need to be".” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, The Giving Quilt
“Then it occurred to her (Elizabeth Keckley) that if Tad (Lincoln’s son) had been a colored boy rather than the son of a president, and a teacher had found him so difficult to instruct, he would have been ridiculed as a dunce and held up as evidence of the inferiority of the entire race. Tad was bright; Elizabeth knew that well, and she was sure that with proper instruction and hard work, a glimmer of his father’s genius would show in him too. But Elizabeth knew many black boys Tad’s age who could read and write beautifully, and yet the myth of inferiority persisted. The unfairness of the assumptions stung. If a white child appeared dull, the entire race was deemed unintelligent. It seemed to Elizabeth that if one race should not judged by a single example, then neither should any other.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
“A quilt, like a family, doesn't have to be perfect, but it does have to be inclusive.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini
“After Jule fled, so dignified in her anger, Julia had begun to question whether slavery was necessary at all, or merely selfish. Watching the colored soldiers in Union blue march and drill and suffer in military hospitals, observing that the end of slavery in Washington City and elsewhere had not brought about the economic ruin advocates of the “peculiar institution” had ominously predicted, Julia realized that the answer was obvious. She had simply been too concerned with her own comforts to see it.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule
“What's the point of having the personal cell phone number of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff if you don't call him every once in a while?” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Christmas Bells
“Sometimes the most ordinary things are the ones we learn to miss the most.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, The Quilter's Apprentice
“Anna, falling in love with you was like coming home to a place I didn't realize I'd been missing all my life. You're the only person I've ever known who accepts me for who I am, right in this moment, faults and all, and isn't waiting for me to become someone else.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, The Wedding Quilt
“Perhaps Germany will serve as a warning,” said Arvid. “May they learn from us to snuff out fascism in America when the first sparks arise and not delay until democracy goes up in flames all around them.” “This could never happen in America. A nation that elected Franklin Delano Roosevelt would never elect a madman populist.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women
“Ignorant people, whispering cruel rumors, her mother whispered. Pay them no mind.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Sonoma Rose
“She would almost prefer to fold her arms and sink into an eternal slumber, so that the great longing of her soul for peaceful rest would at last be gratified.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
“loving one’s children does not guarantee that one will never fail them,” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Enchantress of Numbers
“The union of their shared lives could be a masterpiece, even if the colors of one piece clashed with another, even if uneven stitches showed, even if, from time to time, they had to pick out seams, realign the pieces, and sew them back together again. It would not be perfect, but it could be beautiful, if they worked together and persevered.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, The Wedding Quilt
“On Christmas Day, the promise of peace offered a soft and shining light in dark times, an eternal flame that warfare could not douse, nor hatred extinguish.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Christmas Bells
“Mr Lincoln suggested that the Lord sent us this terrible war as punishment for the offense of slavery and that the war may be a mighty scourge to rid US of it” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
“I fear that people do indeed know what Hitler wants, and what he intends, and that is precisely why they vote for him. Not because they misunderstand him, but because they understand him very well, and approve.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women
“Hope is never false. One's hopes may not be fulfilled, but that doesn't not mean it was wrong to hope” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, The Spymistress
“And of course you believed their wise counsel," said Elizabeth lightly, "because people who have never met me are always the best judge of my character.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
“We used to say he must've met you in the fiction section.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Christmas Bells
“Who said you had to fill his shoes?" said Karen. "Wear your own shoes. They're bound to fit better. Walk your own path your own way and you'll be more likely to get to where you need to be".” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, The Giving Quilt
“Then it occurred to her (Elizabeth Keckley) that if Tad (Lincoln’s son) had been a colored boy rather than the son of a president, and a teacher had found him so difficult to instruct, he would have been ridiculed as a dunce and held up as evidence of the inferiority of the entire race. Tad was bright; Elizabeth knew that well, and she was sure that with proper instruction and hard work, a glimmer of his father’s genius would show in him too. But Elizabeth knew many black boys Tad’s age who could read and write beautifully, and yet the myth of inferiority persisted. The unfairness of the assumptions stung. If a white child appeared dull, the entire race was deemed unintelligent. It seemed to Elizabeth that if one race should not judged by a single example, then neither should any other.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
“A quilt, like a family, doesn't have to be perfect, but it does have to be inclusive.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini
“After Jule fled, so dignified in her anger, Julia had begun to question whether slavery was necessary at all, or merely selfish. Watching the colored soldiers in Union blue march and drill and suffer in military hospitals, observing that the end of slavery in Washington City and elsewhere had not brought about the economic ruin advocates of the “peculiar institution” had ominously predicted, Julia realized that the answer was obvious. She had simply been too concerned with her own comforts to see it.” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule
“What's the point of having the personal cell phone number of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff if you don't call him every once in a while?” ― Jennifer Chiaverini, Christmas Bells
