Whose Waves These Are Quotes

“I have learned to kiss the wave that throws me against the Rock of Ages.”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

“The strength of the storm does not change whose waves these are. There is One mightier still.”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

“I didn’t feel like a whole person. Just a handful of pieces, not sure how they all fit together.”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

“And Bob knows too well, when you've been without air so long you can't remember another way of life, even a single breath of fresh air is a lifeline.”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

“He would never forget the impression of that voice on his heart. It was the voice of the man, who, king of the universe, stooped to wash his own disciples' earth crusted feet. Who rubbed spit into dirt and used the mud to make a blind man see. Whose royal day of birth was enrobed in dust, right there with the animals in a barn. That man was accustomed to doing great things in humble places, and it usually involved dirt. or rocks, as it were. The same God who told a solitary man to build a boat to prepare for a flood when no one had so much as seen a drop of water fall from the sky in all their lives.”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

“Impossible’s where the miracles happen, Ed. If I stay put…I might have more chance at life, but what sort of livin’ is that, when I was made to do this?”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

“A lifetime ago, he’d dreamed of standing here at the gate with a bouquet at this back for her. He’d hoped back then to win her heart…and now he must break it.”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

“A life well lived is a life well given.”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

“He said it was time to be a part of the unbreaking, of the making of something. He told me there was a Carpenter who was going to build me right up, too.”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

“She watches his complete abandon, haunted by the fullness of the song of this man with two letters to his name and a million to his story.”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

“Impossible's where the miracles happen, Ed.”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

“But what does heaven want with her, after all her years of distance?”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

“He said, ‘Sand’s nothing but little rocks, Annie. And rocks are nothing but little earth. Solid ground, no matter what waves are thrashing around you.’ He pointed at the sand and said, ‘Get on your rock and let’s get on with living. We’re going to sea, girl.’” It wasn’t until much later that she realized he’d been talking about a whole lot more than literal rocks and water.”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

“Some things are better lived than explained,”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

“His pulse hammers. Somewhere on board his brother's heart beats, too. Please, God. The hearth that heat inside his own before they'd even drawn breath. This friend he'd shared a lifetime with. Only a wall of war-thick steel and military protection between them.”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

“He slides his palm over the gentle strength of those rocks and remembers the faces from the photos tucked into boxes with those rocks, the stories penned with care on tear-splotched pages, arriving from around the country. He sees Liesl, the horror and hope of what she had been through etched in her face as she unwrapped that stone from her threadbare handkerchief. He sees Omaha beach. U-boats. Paris celebrating, bathed in light. He sees the frozen passes of Russia, winding river currents in Burma, jungles in the Philippines”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are