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“So then, we are all equally guilty, every day. How, then, does one find and know peace and power in this life when surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses who only pretend to be clean by whitewashing their reputations while pointing fingers of judgment?”
― Ted Dekker, A.D. 33

“The battle over flesh and blood cannot compare to the battle for the heart.”
― Ted Dekker, White: The Great Pursuit

“It's the sorrow you feel that allows you to crave love. Without the suffering, there would be no true pleasure. Without tears, no joy. Without deficiency, no longing. This is the secret of the human heart, Rom.”
― Ted Dekker, Forbidden

“To love in any way is to be like a child—it means to be vulnerable, to be wide-eyed, to be selfless. There is no such thing as free love; love is the most
costly expression in the world. To love romantically is to give of
oneself fully and completely, a merging and meshing of souls so
that the twain become a unity. It is to allow the sense of wonder
to fully enrapture.”
― Ted Dekker, The Blood Book: Tales, Confessions and Rumors of the Worlds

“The pain was so deep and so raw. There were days I would have died just to forget. The problem was, I couldn't figure out how to get her out of my mind. How do you kill that kind of pain?”
― Ted Dekker, Kiss: She Steals More Than Your Heart

“Immanuel, God with us-that He would leave the spiritual realm and be present in the flesh and blood in such an act of humility is a staggering notion. As it is, He willingly gave His blood, in the flesh, so that others might find life, for it is written: "He did not come by water only, but by blood," and "Without the shedding of blood there is no remission." Now blood is required to give new life to the dead.
I tell you, He did not give only a small amount to satisfy this requirement. He was beaten and crushed and pierced until that blood flowed like a river for the sake of love. It was for love, not religion, that He died.
There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Immanuel's veins. And those plunged beneath that watery grave to drink of His blood will never be the same.”
― Ted Dekker, Immanuel's Veins

“There's always risk in life's most rewarding pursuits, isn't there?”
― Ted Dekker, Blink of an Eye

“This was the Great Romance. To love at any cost.”
― Ted Dekker, Black: The Birth of Evil

“And does man simply choose evil, or does he create it?”
― Ted Dekker, Thr3e

“Just because someone sees the truth doesn't mean they will accept it or allow that truth to change them.”
― Ted Dekker, Sinner

“How can there be love without a true choice? Would you suggest that man be stripped of the capacity to love?”
― Ted Dekker, Black: The Birth of Evil

“The power of belief alone could change the course of history.”
― Ted Dekker, Infidel

“Grow up? Get herself straightened out? Her mind reeled from the verbal battering. No matter what she did, her father would tell her she was wrong. Worthless. Undeserving.”
― Ted Dekker, Kiss: She Steals More Than Your Heart

“We've stepped off the cliff and are falling into madness.”
― Ted Dekker, Red: The Heroic Rescue

“People reveal their true character when they're off center.”
― Ted Dekker, Chaos

“When you step away from it all, you lose perspective.”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“I have a confession."
"Oh?"
"I can't get you off my mind."
His statement robbed her of words. Heat spread down the nape of her neck. He was saying too much. ~Thomas to Chelise”
― Ted Dekker

“The Great Romance is for you. If only one of you would have followed me, the heavens would not have been able to contain my cries of joy.”
― Ted Dekker, Red: The Heroic Rescue

“He knew me. He knew me through and through and he found no shame in me.”
― Ted Dekker, A.D. 30

“And then...
And then Thomas Hunter dreamed, and the world would never be the same.”
― Ted Dekker, Green: The Beginning and the End

“You want to forget your pain. I mean to tell you that doing that will only cause you more hurt. - Khai”
― Ted Dekker, Kiss: She Steals More Than Your Heart

“You cannot love anything or anyone more than you love yourself and you can't love yourself unless you see yourself whole. If you secretly disapprove of any part of yourself, you will secretly hate part of the One who made you. Can you understand that?”
― Ted Dekker, Seer

“...we all face similar pressures to forget the simple truth of who we are. Particularly the truths that don't jive with what we see around us. As time wears us down we can forget who we once were.”
― Ted Dekker, Saint

“It is. And yet so few really are free. Nearly all people live in prisons of their own making, regardless of their faith, creed, sex or race.”
― Ted Dekker, The Sanctuary