This Tender Land Quotes

“Of all that we're asked to give others in this life, the most difficult to offer may be forgiveness.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“If we were perfect, the light he shines on us would just bounce right off. But the wrinkles, they catch the light. And the cracks, that’s how the light gets inside us. When I pray, Odie, I never pray for perfection. I pray for forgiveness, because it’s the one prayer I know will always be answered.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“Our former selves are never dead. We speak to them, arguing against decisions we know will bring only unhappiness, offering consolation and hope, even though they cannot hear.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“The beauty isn’t in the jewel itself, but in the way the light shines through it.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“THERE IS A river that runs through time and the universe, vast and inexplicable, a flow of spirit that is at the heart of all existence, and every molecule of our being is a part of it. And what is God but the whole of that river?”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“Open yourself to every possibility, for there is nothing your heart can imagine that is not so.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“Everything that’s been done to us we carry forever. Most of us do our damnedest to hold on to the good and forget the rest. But somewhere in the vault of our hearts, in a place our brains can’t or won’t touch, the worst is stored, and the only sure key to it is in our dreams.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“Ask me, God’s right here. In the dirt, the rain, the sky, the trees, the apples, the stars in the cottonwoods. In you and me, too. It’s all connected and it’s all God. Sure this is hard work, but it’s good work because it’s a part of what connects us to this land, Buck. This beautiful, tender land.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“Love comes in so many forms, and pain is no different.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“Of all that we’re asked to give others in this life, the most difficult to offer may be forgiveness.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“Perhaps the most important truth I’ve learned across the whole of my life is that it’s only when I yield to the river and embrace the journey that I find peace.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“that people are most afraid of things they don’t understand, and if something frightened you, you should get closer to it. That didn’t mean it wouldn’t still be an awful thing, but the awful you knew was easier to handle than the awful you imagined.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“We breathe love in and we breathe love out. It's the essence of our existence, the very air of our souls.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“IN THE BEGINNING, after he labored over the heavens and the earth, the light and the dark, the land and sea and all living things that dwell therein, after he created man and woman and before he rested, I believe God gave us one final gift. Lest we forget the divine source of all that beauty, he gave us stories.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“There is a deeper hurt than anything sustained by the body, and it's the wounding of the soul. It's the feeling that you've been abandoned by everyone, even God. It's the most alone you'll ever be. A wounded body heals itself, but there is a scar.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“Me, I love this land, the work. Never was a churchgoer. God all penned up under a roof? I don’t think so. Ask me, God’s right here. In the dirt, the rain, the sky, the trees, the apples, the stars in the cottonwoods. In you and me, too. It’s all connected and it’s all God. Sure this is hard work, but it’s good work because it’s a part of what connects us to this land, Buck. This beautiful tender land.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“But I believe if you tell a story, it's like sending a nightingale into the air with the hope that its song will never be forgotten.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“LOSS COMES IN every moment. Second by second our lives are stolen from us. What is past will never come again.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“It seems to me, Buck, that if you can find peace in your heart, God’s not far away.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“Buck, the heart is a rubber ball. No matter how hard it’s crushed, it bounces back.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“Everything that’s been done to us we carry forever.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“When I pray, Odie, I never pray for perfection. I pray for forgiveness, because it’s the one prayer I know will always be answered.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“Finally Albert whispered, “Listen, Odie, what does a shepherd eat?” I didn’t know where he was going with that, so I didn’t reply. “His flock,” Albert told me. “One by one.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“NOTHING IS EVER everything, but the loss of a true love feels that way. All-consuming. The blackest hole. The emptiest place in the universe.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“When darkness comes over your soul, it doesn’t come in light shades; it descends with all the black of a moonless night.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“Our eyes perceive so dimly, and our brains are so easily confused. Far better, I believe, to be like children and open ourselves to every beautiful possibility, for there is nothing our hearts can imagine that is not so.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“It made me think that no matter how big we grew or how old, there was always a child in us somewhere.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“Loss comes in every moment. Second by second our lives are stolen from us. What is last will never come again.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“what I know in my heart is a mystery beyond human comprehension. Perhaps the most important truth I’ve learned across the whole of my life is that it’s only when I yield to the river and embrace the journey that I find peace.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“It’s only when I yield to the river and embrace the journey that I find peace.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land