I'll Watch the Moon Quotes

“There is so much of suffering that I will never even begin to understand. But I am content in believing that I don't even have to understand why the story unravels the way it does so long as I know that in the end everything will be all right.”
― Ann Tatlock, I'll Watch the Moon

“Funny how even a grain of hope can manage to eclipse a whole world of despair.”
― Ann Tatlock, I'll Watch the Moon

“I only know that one day you wake up and realize it doesn't hurt quite so much. Until then you can put yourself in the hands of God- He'll see you through. You can take it from someone who knows, dear. I've found his hands to be an easy place to rest.”
― Ann Tatlock, I'll Watch the Moon

“You see, Novelka, in an odd sort of way, some of our strongest relationships are with people who have died. We miss the person, we think of them, we wonder what they would want us to do, how they would want us to act. Though they are not here, they still strongly influence our lives. And so we go on loving them, sometimes even more, when they are gone.”
― Ann Tatlock, I'll Watch the Moon

“There's a story unfolding with a definite beginning and an eventual end, and even though we can't begin to imagine what the whole plot is, and we can hardly even see beyond the present moment, someday we're going to see and understand all of it. For now, we trust. Later, we'll know.”
― Ann Tatlock, I'll Watch the Moon

“But then what do you do?"
"I pray for strength."
The words were simple, straightforward. Josef pushed against the floor with one foot and the swing moved back and forth, cradling us.
"And then you're not afraid anymore?"
"No," he replied. "Then I am still afraid. But then I know that God knows I'm afraid, and that is what makes the difference.”
― Ann Tatlock, I'll Watch the Moon