Wishtress Quotes

“...your past matters. It's the ink of your story. But it doesn't write your future.”
― Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

“Even after I told him, he didn't see me as broken. He saw me as Myrthe. Just Myrthe.
I was enough for him.”
― Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

“We all have murder in our pasts--whether by action or by heart. But all of us have the chance of life in our futures. You can't use your mistake to define who you are. That will destroy who you could be.”
― Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

“I can never tell you.” “You can always tell me. To share your story is a choice. Don’t underestimate the healing that can come from daring not to suffer alone.”
― Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

“It’s possible to make a mistake and not be seen only as that mistake.”
― Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

“Faith and hope were a risk of the heart, which was what made them so powerful when someone allowed them to defeat fear.”
― Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

“Your life was given to you." Oma's grey eyes sparked with orange fire. "A gift. And just because it's yours doesn't give you the right to end it.”
― Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

“To share your story is a choice. Don’t underestimate the healing that can come from daring to not suffer alone”
― Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

“Because that was love. Beyond infatuation. It was action. It was an action of the heart, of the mind. Of forgiveness and grace and seeing one another.”
― Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

“We may be on opposite sides, but that doesn't mean we're enemies.”
― Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

“When one fills each day with life, it makes time multiply”
― Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

“But now, with Bastiaan at my feet bleeding out because he had helped me, I realized that my story was not about what was worth living for. It was about something—someone worth dying for.”
― Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

“To share your story is a choice. Don't underestimate the healing that can come from daring to not suffer alone.”
― Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

“I realized that my story was not about what was worth living for. It was about something—someone—worth dying for.”
― Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

“You can’t use your mistake to define who you are. That will destroy who you could be.”
― Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

“Myrthe, your past matters. It’s the ink of your story. But it doesn’t write your future.”
― Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

“It knew my story from the beginning. But it knew my end. And that brought a comfort that nothing was without purpose.”
― Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

“I've heard you. I want you to know that.' He held my gaze, his expression intense and determined. 'I know you're trying to get to the Well.”
― Nadine Brandes, Wishtress