Quotes from Making Waves

Lorna Seilstad ·  368 pages

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“Dear God,how can I live a vanilla life when I'm a strawberry girl?”
― Lorna Seilstad, quote from Making Waves


“If we’re lucky, God blesses us with a few folks who are willing to look beyond the flaws and see the person we try so hard to hide. And if we’re blessed, we find someone who’ll love us anyway.”
― Lorna Seilstad, quote from Making Waves


“Lord, I can’t live in his mashed potato world. I need my tubers scalloped and diced and baked and fried and different every time. I need excitement and change as much as I need air.”
― Lorna Seilstad, quote from Making Waves


“When you love someone, they deserve to know the truth”
― Lorna Seilstad, quote from Making Waves


“If we don’t have dreams, Lilly, what do we have? Besides, aren’t you the one who always says to delight myself in the Lord and He will give me the desires of my heart?”
― Lorna Seilstad, quote from Making Waves



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