The Broken Reed Quotes

“Mine eyes had beheld the quintessence of beauty, and memory ensured that I would then remain a prisoner to the vanity of vision.”
― Mike IJzerman, The Broken Reed

“Impetuosity is a redoubtable vow-breaker.”
― Mike IJzerman, The Broken Reed

“Seeking to bury the oppressed conscience of my mind, I have languished in the durance of my heart. For I knew not that I could not bury the past, and I comprehended not that the memory of our errs are made to vex us whithersoever we go. But all our chapters must close insofar as God allows us to close them, and this is one which cannot remain incomplete as long as I draw breath.”
― Mike IJzerman, The Broken Reed

“Carnal reason doth oft inadvertently rebel against things which to us seem improbable, even if it was thus ordained before we e’er stirred in our mother’s wombs.”
― Mike IJzerman, The Broken Reed