Then she marched to the pillows and beat them mercilessly until they lay puffed out like obedient clouds.

Location: Amsterdam, Where Fire Is Called "Vlam

I'm not good at love. I'm like a barbed creature. I push everyone I love away.

When a monster stopped behaving like a monster, did it stop being a monster? Did it become something else?

The only way for you to keep your mind straight is to run from those who would confuse you.

I don't want to love you if you're only going to die.

He considered her seriously. "Well. And that's easy," he said. "My Grace will protect me from him, And I'll protect you. You'll be safe with me, Katsa.

I'm not such a bad fighter myself," Skye said. Po exploded with laughter. "Oh, fight him, Katsa. Please fight him. I can't imagine a more entertaining diversion.

Your eyes are beautiful," he said, and she felt warm suddenly, warm in the sun that dappled through the treetops and rested on them in patches.

Wonderful," Garan grumbled when he'd gone. "We'll grow a reputation for our kindness to lawbreakers.

Every configuration of people is an entirely new universe unto itself.

Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us.

She was stronger alone…

The only sin God cannot forgive is the sin of rejecting Christ. Turn to Him in repentance and faith—and He will forgive.

You know what’s worse than burying your own child? Not burying your own child.

Our task is not multiplying the number of our church members but making people happy

Let us never forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins other arts follow. The farmers therefore are the founders of civilization.

I never met a hopeful Christian who didn't read their Bible.

Life is simply a vacation from the infinite

Marriage . . . is not a love affair; it is an ordeal. (92)

I don't think a celebrity endorsement gets you a vote, but it opens the door for you to hear the appeal of the candidate.