Quotes by : Miriam Toews

Her faith in a loving and forgiving God is strong, but she worships laughter.

Even a Menno sheltered from the world knows not to stick her tongue into the mouth of a boy who owns....

I was beginning to understand something I couldn't articulate. It was a jazzy feeling in my chest, a....

She told me that the brain is built to forget things as we continue to live, that memories are meant....

With my father and sister being very depressed for most of their lives, it was incumbent on me to try....

There are no windows within the dark house of depression through which to see others, only mirrors.

During that time, The Mouth came by to pray with us, and my dad began to spend his evenings sitting in....

Let's not have forced gaiety this Christmas, said Nora, like it was a dish. We'll have a tiny bit of....

I went back into my bedroom and knelt at my bed the way I did when I was a kid. I folded my hands and....

I stare out the window and reflect on the similarity between writing and saving a life and the inevitable....