Until Leaves Fall in Paris Quotes

“Stories, dancing, music—they nourish. They make us think and feel. They distract us from the hardness of life. That’s a gift from God.”
― Sarah Sundin, Until Leaves Fall in Paris

“I’ll explain this simple truth. If I were to ban sinners from this church, the pews would be empty. So would the pulpit.”
― Sarah Sundin, Until Leaves Fall in Paris

“what we most need.”
― Sarah Sundin, Until Leaves Fall in Paris

“Remember sometimes we have to lose what we most love before we can find”
― Sarah Sundin, Until Leaves Fall in Paris

“the Lord creates, but always for a purpose. Even color and music and beauty serve a purpose—to inspire awe and turn our eyes to the Lord. And creation operates according to laws—most of them mathematical, by the way. So embracing discipline is a way of embracing God.”
― Sarah Sundin, Until Leaves Fall in Paris

“Not everything God created is useful, but it’s all good. He didn’t have to create beauty, but he did. He didn’t have to create color, but he did. He didn’t have to create music, but he did. None of it useful. Then he created us in his creative image with the ability to make beauty and color and music. It might not be useful, but it’s good.”
― Sarah Sundin, Until Leaves Fall in Paris

“what”
― Sarah Sundin, Until Leaves Fall in Paris

“The store smelled of old books and woodsmoke. A counter stood on the wall to his left, flanked by bookshelves and magazine racks. Photographs hung over the counter—pictures of authors, it looked like. Bookcases jutted out from the wall to his right, and bookshelves covered every wall, even under the windows. On the shelf before him, books ran in a proper row for half a shelf, then a stack of books on their sides. More books rested in front of the row, on top, wherever they fit. New books with crisp dust jackets stood beside older titles with spines shiny from wear. More books covered a table by the window, circled by two mismatched wooden chairs and a stuffed armchair.”
― Sarah Sundin, Until Leaves Fall in Paris

“I found out the Germans are adding to the Otto List.”
“The Otto List?”
“The list of books banned for sale in France. It’s named after Otto Abetz, the German ambassador to Paris.”
― Sarah Sundin, Until Leaves Fall in Paris

“Gold shone in the warm brown of his eyes. “Stories, dancing, music—they nourish. They make us think and feel. They distract us from the hardness of life. That’s a gift from God.”

Lucie stroked the ribs under a leaf, the structure that held it together. “And math and science and business—they make things run. They’re necessary. Weighty. Gifts from God.”
― Sarah Sundin, Until Leaves Fall in Paris

“Over the pale green book-plate that read “Borrowed from the subscription library of Green Leaf Books, Paris,” she glued a new one that read “From the Library of . . .” with space for the owner to inscribe his or her name, and “Purchased at Green Leaf Books, Paris” at the bottom. A dark green vine edged the bookplate.”
― Sarah Sundin, Until Leaves Fall in Paris