A biography for Sandra Dallashasn’t been written yet.
“Jam on a winter took away the blue devils. It was like tasting summer.”
“Stories were a living thing. They changed to suit the teller or the times.”
“She wasn't any bigger than a minute and had hair like wild gold, and she was always merry as a marriage bell.”
“... I told him I was so happy that I had nothing else to pray for. 'Why,'says I, I've got prayers to sell.”
“You may hate being pregnant, but the minute the baby is born, she is God's precious child, given to you as a gift.”
“After all, a woman didn't leave much behind in the world to show she'd been there. Even the children she bore and raised got their father's name. But her quilts, now that was something she could pass on.”