Michelle Griep > Michelle's Quotes

“For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.”
― John Milton, Areopagitica

“It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly, a shot rang out! A door slammed. The maid screamed. Suddenly, a pirate ship appeared on the horizon! While millions of people were starving, the king lived in luxury. Meanwhile, on a small farm in Kansas, a boy was growing up.”
― Charles M. Schulz, It Was a Dark and Stormy Night, Snoopy

“Deeds done in the dark can never remain unexposed.”
― Michelle Griep, A Heart Deceived

“I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say.”
― Flannery O'Connor

“No one escapes this life without scars . . . not even God.”
― Michelle Griep, Brentwood's Ward

“A person's character is most clearly seen not by what they show, but what they hide.”
― Michelle Griep, Brentwood's Ward

“There is no strength without unity.”
― Michelle Griep, Brentwood's Ward

“Truth is a gem to be admired.”
― Michelle Griep, Brentwood's Ward

“Perhaps God is not calling you to live for peace, but rather to fight for it.”
― Michelle Griep, The Captive Heart

“Honor always comes at a price, else it would be worthless.”
― Michelle Griep, The Captive Heart

“Never again would she put one smidgeon of faith in luck or in her own means of control, but in God alone.”
― Michelle Griep, Lost in Darkness

“Time did heal wounds, but not scars. Never scars.”
― Michelle Griep, Lost in Darkness

“The dead have no notion of time.”
― Michelle Griep

“There is something about a new book. The crisp pages. The scent of fresh ink. Or perhaps best of all is the promise of an adventure to a world beyond your own.”
― Michelle Griep, Man of Shadow and Mist

“God is not so limited that He cannot act outside the boundaries of physical law, for it is He alone who decides where those boundaries lie.”
― Michelle Griep, Man of Shadow and Mist

“Expect the good Lord ta give thou a glass o’ water when yer parched, ta grant thou rest when weary, ta gi’ miracles ’n mercy ’n a regular dose o’ comfort when thou needs. But the one thin’ thou shouldn’t expect—ever—is for ’im ta show up lookin’ like thou might imagine.”
― Michelle Griep, Man of Shadow and Mist

“Man is not meant to find hope in anything of this world, but rather to lose hope in all things worldly.”
― Michelle Griep, Man of Shadow and Mist

“God brings people into our lives to walk beside us through our troubles, yet we are the ones who must open the door and let them in.”
― Michelle Griep, Man of Shadow and Mist

“People need you and you need people. That’s the way of humankind.”
― Michelle Griep, Man of Shadow and Mist

“We all have our moments of fear and doubt, Eva. It is part of being human. But I promise you, God’s love and grace are constant whether we falter or not.”
― Michelle Griep, Of Silver and Secrets