A Beggar's Kingdom Quotes

“Sometimes the beast needs to be loved before it can be lovable. Love her in her sin, that's what divine love means. Love her with the highest form of love on earth. Love everything. Then you will see mystery in everything.”
― Paullina Simons, A Beggar's Kingdom

“What does it mean to be human, to be good, to be moral, to be all three at once? It means that flawed beings often must choose between two flawed options.”
― Paullina Simons, A Beggar's Kingdom

“For you, nothing is ever enough. Your hunger for love is so great and the hole so unfilled that everything gets swallowed up inside.”
― Paullina Simons, A Beggar's Kingdom

“It's hard to accept that the person we love will not change. [...] Not in this life. And possibly not in any other. Our love is so strong that we think it can change things. It can change the world, can beat back death, can change the man we love. [...] Because our love has changed us.”
― Paullina Simons, A Beggar's Kingdom

“You looked at me like I broke your heart, yet I didn't know you at all.”
― Paullina Simons, A Beggar's Kingdom

“God on high, hear my prayer. Don't give me an easier life. [...] Make me a stronger man.”
― Paullina Simons, A Beggar's Kingdom

“The way to do a great deal is to keep on doing a little. [...] The way to do nothing at all is to be continually resolving that you will do everything.”
― Paullina Simons, A Beggar's Kingdom

“What was the point of falling in love if you stayed exactly as you were?”
― Paullina Simons, A Beggar's Kingdom

“She is smoke herself, her skin translucent crepe paper, once real, now an ashen vapor.”
― Paullina Simons, A Beggar's Kingdom