Quotes from Kate Jacobs

Especially in a world that doesn't need homemade anything.That's when we need homemade everything.

Better to live your life open rather than exist on borrowed time, waiting for the great unmasking.

It's easy to look back and think how we could make only the good things happen to us,' counseled Catherine, still swishing her mop to and fro, spreading dirty water instead of soaking it up. 'But that's not how we become ourselves. You are mad who you are by the bad stuff, the little things, as much as the great triumphs and big decisions.

Knitting had done more than provide her with a living; it had soothed her soul through more struggles than she could count.

There's money, and then there's class.

All you have to do is forgive.

Stress is not about the situation, my dear, it's about the person. There's some who can handle it and there's some who can't.

Starting again: there's a secret hope that makes you hold on, to dream that you'll get it right someday, that you'll go back and take it up again and it will finally come out right. That this time all the pieces will fit. The mistake is waiting until you feel renewed enough to give it another try. You simply have to pick up the needles and keep at it anyway.

You'll have lots of questions to answer as you get older. Who you are. Who you want to be. What you think about things. Like politics. And romances. And whether you'll be able to speak out or keep your mouth shut. It's always a challenge to work out the best way to live your life, and as much as everyone tells you what to do, ultimately how you do things is up to you.

A great measure of a man is how he reacts to a midnight awakening when there's no fire or burglar in sight.