top of page

The City Baker's Guide to Country Living

Louise Miller

Top 10 Best Quotes

“The waltz held the feeling you get when you finish a well-loved book. It left me longing for something I couldn't name.”

“You should always do what you can to make life sweeter.’” “Amen to that,”

“Dusk had fallen, and when I stepped outside, I was drawn to the light spilling from the barn, golden and inviting. I poked my head in. Margaret had outdone herself. The long tables were covered in cream linen. Squash-colored tapers stood tall in sparkling silver candelabras. Fat bouquets of sunflowers, goldenrod, and black-eyed Susans stuffed into mason jars were surrounded by tiny pumpkins and crab apples. I looked up to see a thousand white Christmas lights hanging from the rafters. The whole room glowed.”

“Tis the gift to be simple, ’tis the gift to be free ’Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, ’Twill be in the valley of love and delight.”

“There is no better compliment you can pay a baker than to tell her she has made you gain weight.”

“The waltz held the feeling you get when you finish a well-loved book. It left me longing for something I couldn’t name.”

“I might have escaped the pressures of growing up in a large family, but I suspected that there were some things you could learn only from living with parents whose love was an active, living thing.”

“You should always do what you can to make life sweeter.”

“You asked me what I thought about our friendship.' I nodded, wide-eyed. 'It makes me feel like I’m home.”

“Welcome to Guthrie.' 'What do you mean?' I asked. 'Where everybody knows everything but no one says a word.”

Except where otherwise noted, all rights reserved to the author(s) of this book (mentioned above). The content of this page serves solely as promotional material for the aforementioned book. If you enjoyed these quotes, you can support the author(s) by acquiring the full book from Amazon.

Book Keywords:

friendship-quotes, books, home-quotes, life-quotes, small-town, life-lessons, waltz, country-living, guthrie, inspirational-quotes, romance-quotes, city-baker-s-guide, longing

More Book Quotes:

The Ordinary Millionaire: From Poverty To Immigrant To Financial Freedom

MQ Hana

The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness

Morgan Housel

The Art of Peace

Morihei Ueshiba

The Spirit of the Laws

Montesquieu

bottom of page