“Daniel, he said. I would have you follow me.
Master!....I will fight for you to the end!.
My loyal friend, he said, I would ask something much harder than that. Would you love for me to the end?
...I don't understand, he said again, You tell people about the kingdom. Are we not to fight for it?
The kingdom is only bought at a great price, Jesus said. There was one who came just yesterday and wanted to follow me. He was very rich, and when I asked him to give up his wealth, he went away.
I will give you everything I have!
....Riches are not keeping you from the kingdom, he said. You must give up your hate.”
― Elizabeth George Speare, quote from The Bronze Bow
“The impression of strength came from an extraordinary vitality that seemed to pulse in the very air around him”
― Elizabeth George Speare, quote from The Bronze Bow
“the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out.”
― Elizabeth George Speare, quote from The Bronze Bow
“We can never know," Simon answered slowly. "God hides the future from man's eyes. We are forced to choose, not knowing. I have chosen Jesus.”
― Elizabeth George Speare, quote from The Bronze Bow
“That lame man you saw-- is he grateful now? Is it worth it to get on his feet and spend the rest of his life dragging burdens like a mule? . . . It's not much of a world, is it? Is it worth trying to bring Leah back into it?"
Thacia stood still in the road. "Oh, Daniel-- yes! If only I could make you see, somehow, that it is!"
"All this--" she exclaimed, the sweep of her arm including the deepening blue of the sky, the shining lake in the distance, the snow-covered mountain far to the north. "So much! You must look at it all, Daniel, not just at the unhappy things.”
― Elizabeth George Speare, quote from The Bronze Bow
“It is the hate that is the enemy. Not men. Hate does not die with killing. It only springs up a hundredfold. The only thing stronger than hate is love.”
― Elizabeth George Speare, quote from The Bronze Bow
“Haven't you ever wondered,' he attempted, 'what good it is for them to be healed, those people that Jesus cures? They're happy at first. But what happens to them after that? What does the blind an think, when he has wanted for years to see, and then looks at his wife in rags and his children covered in sores? That lame man you saw - is he grateful now? Is it worth it to get on his feet and spend the rest of his life dragging burdens like a mule?'
'I never thought of it that way,' said Thacia, her eyes clouding. 'Is that why, do you think, that so many of them aren't cured?”
― Elizabeth George Speare, quote from The Bronze Bow
“No I have not asked Jesus to join us. All I hope and long for now is that He will ask me to join Him.”
― Elizabeth George Speare, quote from The Bronze Bow
Elizabeth George Speare
Born place: in Melrose, Massachusetts, The United States
Born date November 21, 1908
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“With every choice you risk the life you would have had. With every decision you lose it.”
― Cassia Leo, quote from Relentless
“It seems incredible that a man possessing so many conditions of happiness should be not only so little happy, but clearly does not see the reason why he should exist at all. It”
― Henryk Sienkiewicz, quote from Without Dogma
“...comprendieron que las incontables almas, así como cuanto hay en el universo, son partículas de un espíritu único, como gotas de agua de un mismo océano. Una sola esencia espiritual anima todo lo existente. No hay separación entre los seres, no hay frontera entre la vida y la muerte.”
― Isabel Allende, quote from Forest of the Pygmies
“I HAVE to stay here. I simply have to. To be honest, too much of my identity comes from possessing this space. As my job used to define me, living here’s all I have left. This apartment makes it OK that I can’t buy Prada’s newest anymore. I can be content going on lousy interviews and begging for positions that pay half of what I used to earn as long as I know at the end of the day my glorious penthouse awaits. The minute I climb into my Jacuzzi tub, all the day’s unpleasantness is rinsed down the drain. When I step onto my deck and survey the city, I feel like anything is possible. This apartment keeps me centered; it keeps me sane. Without this place, I’m just another nobody from Indiana with a worthless state college degree. Before”
― Jen Lancaster, quote from Bitter Is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office
“Don't confuse me with those who cling to hope. I enjoy describing how things are, I have no interest in how they 'ought to be.' And I certainly have no interest in fixing them. I sincerely believe that if you think there's a solution, you're part of the problem. My motto: Fuck Hope!”
― George Carlin, quote from Brain Droppings
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