Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure Quotes

“Prayers don’t have to be elaborate things. Why don’t you start with three things you’re blessed with, three things you’re afraid of and finally three things you ask of him? And don’t forget to listen, too.” “Listen? He talks back to you?” “Oh yes. Not always a great voice in the silence, but sometimes I get up from my knees absolutely sure of what I have to do. Sometimes I just feel a comforting presence, that invisible hand on my shoulder saying, ‘Don’t worry, my son. I’m here with you, whatever happens.”
― Rhys Bowen, Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

“a community as we strive for holiness. Make sure you reach out to others. Believe me when I say that we are all going to need the support of those around us very soon. The war has not touched us yet, but it will. There will be sorrow and suffering and need, and we all must make sure that we do our part to bring a little light into that darkness.”
― Rhys Bowen, Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

“So I think if you want to heal, you should start by doing that: reach out to others, do what you can to make their lives better. And reach out to God, too. Prayers don’t have to be elaborate things. Why don’t you start with three things you’re blessed with, three things you’re afraid of and finally three things you ask of him? And don’t forget to listen, too.” “Listen? He talks back to you?” “Oh yes. Not always a great voice in the silence, but sometimes I get up from my knees absolutely sure of what I have to do. Sometimes I just feel a comforting presence, that invisible hand on my shoulder saying, ‘Don’t worry, my son. I’m here with you, whatever happens.’” “I wish I had that belief,” she said. “How I envy you.” “Belief has to be worked at the same as any other skill,” he said. “Try practicing it. Go to church every Sunday. Let God see that you’re trying hard.” And he smiled, his eyes crinkling at the sides.”
― Rhys Bowen, Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

“Do you think that your prayers can prevent a war from happening?” she asked. “Everyone is worried. Can you ask God to remove Hitler and Mussolini?” He laughed at that. “I don’t think God works in that way,” he said. “In fact, I wish I knew how he works. But I know one thing. He works through us. That’s why we are here—to be his hands and voice.”
― Rhys Bowen, Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

“And she felt a bubble of happiness rising within her”
― Rhys Bowen, Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

“said,”
― Rhys Bowen, Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

“You never know who your friends are until they are tested.”
― Rhys Bowen, Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

“Grief is a powerful emotion,” he said. “It consumes one. It saps the ability to see joy.”
― Rhys Bowen, Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

“when you see newsreels of the Fascist black-shirted bullies, you’ll know there are some in every country who enjoy throwing their weight around.”
― Rhys Bowen, Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

“Prayers don’t have to be elaborate things. Why don’t you start with three things you’re blessed with, three things you’re afraid of and finally three things you ask of him? And don’t forget to listen, too.”
― Rhys Bowen, Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

“time.”
― Rhys Bowen, Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

“I had everything I desired, people I loved and who loved me. And one by one they have been taken away. I have this lovely big house and beautiful view but nobody to share it with. I sit down to my supper in silence. I’m afraid, I wonder what’s going to happen to me, what I’m doing here, and if I made a terrible mistake.”
― Rhys Bowen, Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

“I see the way ahead quite clear. I take those steps. I have no fear. For all ahead is good and gold, And all my story has been told . . .”
― Rhys Bowen, Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

“My words for you are that being alone is not healthy. That is why we men live”
― Rhys Bowen, Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

“Grief is a powerful emotion,” he said. “It consumes one. It saps the ability to see joy. And”
― Rhys Bowen, Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

“Hitler is not rational, in my opinion. And he’s got the whole population brainwashed into thinking he’s some kind of god figure who is going to make the Aryans rule the world. An empire to last a thousand years—that’s what he’s saying.”
― Rhys Bowen, Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

“don’t have to be elaborate things. Why don’t you start with three things you’re blessed with, three things you’re afraid of and finally three things you ask of him? And don’t forget to listen, too.”
― Rhys Bowen, Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure