Half Agony, Half Hope Quotes

“As long as she’s breathing, I will not stop. I will not surrender. I will give her more than this darkness. I will give her the world.”
― Joy Michelle Austin, Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love

“Daniel wasn’t saved from the lions’ den. He was saved in it. Maybe that’s how God works—not by pulling us out of the darkness, but by holding us through it.”
― Joy Michelle Austin, Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love

“For the first time in years, he wasn’t trapped in writing his agony.
Now, he could finally write his hopes.”
― Joy Michelle Austin, Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love

“Freedom is supposed to feel like air after drowning. But I’ve surfaced, and I still can’t breathe.”
― Joy Michelle Austin, Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love

“Time didn’t exist here. Only control. The damp chill of the cellar clung to Rick’s skin, burrowing deep into his muscles, curling around his bones like a parasite.”
― Joy Michelle Austin, Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love

“Survival’s not weakness—it’s proof of strength.”
― Joy Michelle Austin, Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love

“You’re still listening to her voice. Still believing the lie that you failed them. But Rick, you didn’t.”
― Joy Michelle Austin, Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love

“From shadows deep, where silence reigned,
Where every breath ached, every step constrained,
I cried out, unseen, unheard, alone,
In a world of agony, carved from stone.”
― Joy Michelle Austin, Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love

“Darcy shrugged. “God’s plans are better than ours. I thought Lizzie was the one for me, but turns out, God had other ideas.” He looked over at Rick, his expression turning more serious. “Sometimes we don’t end up where we thought we would, but that doesn’t mean we’re in the wrong place.”
― Joy Michelle Austin, Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love