When the World Fell Silent Quotes

“I refused to believe that anyone was beyond help. At the same time, I was beginning to understand that if they believed they were, nothing I did would change it.”
― Donna Jones Alward, When the World Fell Silent

“I thought I understood what love was, but now I know what it’s not. It’s not being swept off my feet and romanced, not about being reckless. It’s about being with someone who sees you at your worst and loves you anyway. Who knows what you need and gives it unreservedly.”
― Donna Jones Alward, When the World Fell Silent

“I’d thought love meant settling and perhaps even boredom, but the reality was so different. It was kindness and patience and steadfastness. It was knowing what the other person needed and doing it with a glad heart, not for any sort of reward other than love itself.”
― Donna Jones Alward, When the World Fell Silent

“with one of anguish, and not from”
― Donna Jones Alward, When the World Fell Silent

“I leaned forward on the chair and wrung out the soft towel, then placed it firmly- but gently- on the angry scar left behind from an artillery shell fragment.”
― Donna Jones Alward, When the World Fell Silent

“there was no sense borrowing trouble until trouble borrowed you.”
― Donna Jones Alward, When the World Fell Silent

“the reason you have eyes in the front of your head was to look to the future, not the past.”
― Donna Jones Alward, When the World Fell Silent

“coming”
― Donna Jones Alward, When the World Fell Silent