Deborah Raney Quotes

I believe the wedding vows are sacred and precious, and it's been one of my goals as a writer to portray the kind of marriages I've seen modeled in my family - my parents and grandparents, who all celebrated fifty-year anniversaries and well-beyond.

- Deborah Raney

I would love to be bilingual. I think having a second or third language at my bidding would open up the world in amazing ways.

- Deborah Raney

If I could give one piece of advice, it would be 'If you're angry with a family member, talk to God about it, not the other members of your family.'

- Deborah Raney

We have four grown children and five grandchildren... so far! So, as you can imagine, family is extremely important to us.

- Deborah Raney

I always struggle with making the technical aspects of the plot fit with the story that's unfolding in my imagination.

- Deborah Raney

I'm a very girlie girl, but I often find the heroes of my books trying to take over the story. In truth, I enjoy writing the male point of view more than any other.

- Deborah Raney

Nowhere else have I grown more in my faith than in the midst of my family.

- Deborah Raney

I've been blessed with so many wonderful women friends throughout my life.

- Deborah Raney

God has blessed me with the gift of cheerfulness.

- Deborah Raney

Most parents' goal is to launch their children into the world with all the tools they need to make it on their own.

- Deborah Raney

I think the simplest advice I could give would be to wait until asked before giving advice.

- Deborah Raney