Until the Mountains Fall Quotes

“She gently placed her palm on my wounded shoulder and the warmth of her hand did nearly as much to soothe the ache as did the ointment. If only she would continue touching me, allow us to forge something new together from the broken pieces of our past. Her willing presence in my life would be far more healing than any balm”
― Connilyn Cossette, Until the Mountains Fall

“Our family was built atop the ruins of tragedy, Rivkah, each brick fashioned from mercy. You will find no stones in their palms.”
― Connilyn Cossette, Until the Mountains Fall

“But still she fled, leaving me battered and bleeding among the remnants of my brother's life, each of her parting footfalls another blow to the dream I'd not deserved, but had foolishly dared to hope for.”
― Connilyn Cossette, Until the Mountains Fall

“You'll never discover what blessings are in store for you if you don't stop hiding here, licking your wounds.”
― Connilyn Cossette, Until the Mountains Fall

“She tipped her head back and laughed with gusto, the sound so full and lovely that my own amusement crashed to a halt and I could do nothing but stare. The notes of her laughter twirled through the air like butterflies alight on the breeze.”
― Connilyn Cossette, Until the Mountains Fall

“The mountains will fall to dust before I will ever give up on my daughter.”
― Connilyn Cossette, Until the Mountains Fall

“The dance of ink over finely woven plant fibers became an act of worship, a connection to the Creator of language himself, especially when the words of a new song spilled from my heart onto a sheet of papyrus.”
― Connilyn Cossette, Until the Mountains Fall

“…but one chance moment beneath a flowering terebinth two years ago had changed everything, transforming Rivkah from the girl I’d teased to exasperation into one whose beauty enthralled me nearly as much as her intelligence and spirit”
― Connilyn Cossette, Until the Mountains Fall

“The hair I'd yanked too many times to count shone in the sunlight, trailing down her back like liquid obsidian.”
― Connilyn Cossette, Until the Mountains Fall

“Smile. You look as though you are headed to your execution, not your betrothal." Are they not one and the same?”
― Connilyn Cossette, Until the Mountains Fall

“...Quiet amusement danced in her eyes.”
― Connilyn Cossette, Until the Mountains Fall

“You’ll never discover what blessings are in store for you if you don’t stop hiding here, licking your wounds.”
― Connilyn Cossette, Until the Mountains Fall

“Every step away from Kedesh felt like fighting against a rushing river. I could practically feel my home calling, beckoning me to return.”
― Connilyn Cossette, Until the Mountains Fall