Being rich has never stopped anyone from being greedy.

- Tami Hoag

The horse world is populated by two kinds of people: those who love horses, and those who exploit horses and the people who love them.

- Tami Hoag

Family was a fertile breeding ground for the kind of psychological bacteria that warped minds and devoured hope.

- Tami Hoag

The world isn't black and white, Annie, it's shades of grey.

- Tami Hoag

We do the best we can," she said softly, looking inward. "And punish ourselves for it. I've tried to make my choices with the idea that I've made tho…

- Tami Hoag

We never know the quality of someone else's life, though we seldom resist the temptation to assume and pass judgement.

- Tami Hoag

They don't matter. I thought I had to prove something, and I did, to myself. There's nothing left for me to prove. I can move on with my life.

- Tami Hoag

But then I had long mistaken being spoiled for being strong, being defiant for being independent, being reckless for being brave.

- Tami Hoag

Minnesotans hate zeal. Zeal is right up there on the list of suspicious emotional behaviors like joy and despair. Always err on the side of blandness.

- Tami Hoag