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  • #1
    Stanley Kunitz
    “The universe is a continuous web. Touch it at any point and the whole web quivers.”
    Stanley Kunitz

  • #2
    Marcia Gruver
    “Sweet talk's like salt. You can add some later, if need be, but if you pour out too much, you can't sift it out again.”
    Marcia Gruver, Raider's Heart

  • #3
    Hannah Hurnard
    “God has made us for Himself, and our hearts can never know rest and perfect satisfaction until they find it in Him.”
    Hannah Hurnard

  • #4
    Deeanne Gist
    “She hated Mr. Meanie. But she'd gotten to know him and they'd reached an understanding of sorts. Now she was to have him for supper.
    "Don't tell me you're feeling guilty?"
    Breaking off a piece of the wing, she brought it to her lips and took a bite. It did taste good. Very good.
    "I wonder if all grouchy males are this palatable."
    Drew choked.
    She looked up, tilting her head.
    "Are you all right?"
    He turned a dull red.
    "Eat your supper, Connie.”
    Deeanne Gist, A Bride Most Begrudging

  • #5
    Julie Lessman
    “Trust is not an obsession, it's an extension of love. When we truly love someone, we give them our heart to hold in their hands. And when that love is returned, that very trust is balm to our souls.”
    Julie Lessman

  • #6
    “You want proof there's a God? Look outside, watch a sunset.”
    Frank Peretti

  • #7
    Jane Austen
    “but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.”
    Jane Austen

  • #8
    Mary Connealy
    “We're married. I will protect you. I will die for you. Better than that. I will live for you.”
    Mary Connealy, Sharpshooter in Petticoats

  • #9
    Mary Connealy
    “Of course she'd told him she would, but if the man hadn't registered her sarcasm, then he wasn't making full use of his ears.”
    Mary Connealy, Petticoat Ranch

  • #10
    Franz Kafka
    “Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.”
    Franz Kafka

  • #11
    Jean de la Fontaine
    “A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”
    Jean de La Fontaine, Fables

  • #12
    E.B. White
    “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
    E. B. White

  • #13
    Aldous Huxley
    “Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.”
    Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

  • #14
    Toba Beta
    “Friendship's enemy is betrayal.”
    Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

  • #15
    Toba Beta
    “Many people pray to be kept out of unexpected problems.
    Some people pray to be able to confront and overcome them.”
    Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident], Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza

  • #16
    Tamera Alexander
    “Just as hundreds of brushstrokes comprised a finished canvas, people were made up of a lifetime of experiences, both good and bad. And without knowing what someone had endured, it was impossible to truly know them - and accept them - for who they were.”
    Tamera Alexander, A Lasting Impression

  • #17
    Tamera Alexander
    “Let no one define how you se yourself...save God alone. See yourself through His eyes and His strength, and you'll see who you can be despite being who you are.”
    Tamera Alexander, A Lasting Impression

  • #18
    Lisa Tawn Bergren
    “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision that something is more important than fear.”
    Lisa Tawn Bergren, Waterfall

  • #19
    Jody Hedlund
    “Hardships are the Lord's greatest blessings to the believer. Without them we would love the Lord only for what He does for us. Our troubles teach us to love Him for who He is." Sister Norton in "The Preacher's Bride”
    Jody Hedlund
    tags: faith

  • #20
    Diane Duane
    “Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.”
    Diane Duane, So You Want to Be a Wizard

  • #21
    Laura Frantz
    “Tears glinted in her eyes. "I want no secrets between us, Silas."

    "No secrets," he echoed, his mouth near the gentle curve of her ear. "Then you should know I can hardly breathe for thinking of you. You're the most maddening lass I've ever known, and every day without you near is an agony to me." Taking her face between his hands, he moved to kiss her, but the sound of approaching horses gave him pause.”
    Laura Frantz, Love's Reckoning

  • #22
    Jody Hedlund
    “When things don't turn out the way we want, about the only thing we can do is know God is still there piecing together all the scraps of the events in our lives the way He has planned. He sees the big picture even when we don't.”
    Jody Hedlund, Unending Devotion

  • #23
    Melanie Dickerson
    “Perhaps time is an inconsistent healer, but God can purge even the most painful memories.”
    Melanie Dickerson, The Merchant's Daughter

  • #24
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”
    Eleanor Roosevelt

  • #25
    Karen Witemeyer
    “If you want to protect me, prayer is just as powerful a weapon as that gun you carry.”
    Karen Witemeyer, Short-Straw Bride

  • #26
    Karen Witemeyer
    “No matter how many precautions we take, none of us are truly in control. Only God can claim that kind of authority. All we can do is use the good sense he provides and trust him to guide us.”
    Karen Witemeyer, Short-Straw Bride

  • #27
    Karen Witemeyer
    “Jericho? You're smiling." "I am?" He stroked her cheek again. Warm tingles coursed through her, and instinctively, she followed his touch a second time. His smile widened. "I must be happy." (...) "You're quite handsome when you're happy." Jericho trailed one finger under her chin. "I'll make a note of your preference.”
    Karen Witemeyer, A Tailor-Made Bride

  • #28
    Margaret Brownley
    “God gave me this enormous talent, but He forgot to give me the courage to use it." ... "I don't think God forgot," Justin said. "I think He simply gave you a challenge that you haven't yet conquered.”
    Margaret Brownley, A Lady Like Sarah

  • #29
    Daniel Defoe
    “It is never too late to be wise.”
    Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

  • #30
    Louisa May Alcott
    “I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queen's on thrones, without self-respect and peace.”
    Louisa May Alcott, Little Women



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