The Mistletoe Countess Quotes

“Clearly you’ve not been reading your Sherlock. Every mystery starts with a remote theory based on inconclusive findings.”
― Pepper D. Basham, The Mistletoe Countess

“My dear, if I didn't know you had such a kind heart, I'd be terrified of you.”
― Pepper Basham, The Mistletoe Countess

“I love it when you speak in fiction.”
― Pepper Basham, The Mistletoe Countess

“You hold to the same faith as I, but even more than that, your Creator holds you. No matter where you go or what the expectations are, you are not alone. Remember who you are, and you will not only survive, but you will flourish.”
― Pepper Basham, The Mistletoe Countess

“then why are you suddenly surprised when the Almighty gives you what you asked? If I recall from what sermons I've attended to, God is known for lavishing love on His children. Grace, I believe it's called?...Why not shower Him with thanksgiving and take the gift He's placed before you? I would hazard a guess that gratitude is never a bad start for any relationship.”
― Pepper Basham, The Mistletoe Countess

“Patience, Grace. You’re tending a heart.”
― Pepper D. Basham, The Mistletoe Countess

“Her thoughts clung to the truth. Hope in God. Perhaps God was using these lonely moments to remind her that He was enough and that He’d made her just as she was, for His glory. Even if she’d never know which shoes to wear with a summer suit!”
― Pepper D. Basham, The Mistletoe Countess

“The Bible proved incredibly poetic and poignant at the most opportune times.”
― Pepper D. Basham, The Mistletoe Countess

“How God could take two people's very different stories and combine them to create an entirely new tale was rather remarkable. Instead of his story or her story, it had become their story, and Grace was fairly certain this one would be her favorite.”
― Pepper Basham, The Mistletoe Countess

“Well I never imagined a redhead as the salvation of Havensbrooke, but if God can use fishermen, shepherds, and whales to bring about his plan, why not a lovely ginger?”
― Pepper Basham, The Mistletoe Countess

“She bit her wobbling lip. Why was she so quick to doubt that God heard her? He'd placed yet another person in her wake to remind her of His nearness.”
― Pepper Basham, The Mistletoe Countess

“Grandfather said God's love is like that. Fathoms and fathoms surrounding us so we can never escape it.”
― Pepper Basham, The Mistletoe Countess

“Dear Lord, what do You want from me? I'll happily oblige, if You'll let me know. I understand asking for an overt sign feels rather faithless, but I'd be content with a shooting star or a voice from heaven or even a message scrawled on a wall as long as it didn't mar the beauty of Whitlock's marble walls. Something fairly obvious, if You please, because I'm quite a distractible creature, as You well know, and...I only want to do the right thing, whatever that right thing may be.”
― Pepper Basham, The Mistletoe Countess

“God always seemed to send a cheerful something at the most opportune times.”
― Pepper Basham, The Mistletoe Countess

“There's no need to ponder the what ifs. They steel the truth of what is.”
― Pepper Basham, The Mistletoe Countess

“Perhaps God had sent Grace to fortify his prayer life, because it was working. He hadn't prayed so much in the past two years as he'd prayed in the previous two weeks.”
― Pepper Basham, The Mistletoe Countess

“You're horrible company when you're pensive.”
― Pepper Basham, The Mistletoe Countess

“Well, no one did, Mr Grumpy Goose.”
― Pepper Basham, The Mistletoe Countess