Jamie Ogle > Quotes

“The proper interpretation of Scripture is important, Timothy. You can’t simply pick and choose which parts make you feel the best and then disregard the rest. It’s all true or it isn’t.”
― Jamie Ogle, As Sure as the Sea

“We mustn’t mourn like those who have no hope.”
― Jamie Ogle, As Sure as the Sea

“I will see you again, my love. My soul and body will soon be separated, but my heart I leave with you.
As I live and die, I remain your true and loving,
Valentine”
― Jamie Ogle, Of Love and Treason

“He ran a hand through his hair, looking adorably unsettled.”
― Jamie Ogle, As Sure as the Sea

“The Scriptures tell us to love our enemies.” Her quiet declaration and the glint in her eyes as she spoke it stole the very breath from his lungs. “You”—he squinted and leaned closer as if he hadn’t quite heard her—“love me?” Her chin lifted, lips twitched. If she was trying to put distance between them, she was doing a very poor job of it. “ I think you misunderstand. I quite distinctly called you my enemy.” That wasn’t what he heard, nor what her eyes were saying. “Once again, one of us is lying, gladiatrix, and it isn’t me.”
― Jamie Ogle, Daughter of the Rebellion

“But for the Christians, persecution was fuel to a flame.”
― Jamie Ogle, Of Love and Treason

“You are a woman made in the very image of God. Chosen. Beloved. A woman worth fighting for. A woman He died for. If that does not make you the greatest of treasures, I don’t know what else could.”
― Jamie Ogle, Daughter of the Rebellion

“It was not a promise of ease, but a promise of suffering, of trial—more than that, it was a promise that in the end, the suffering would not have the final word.”
― Jamie Ogle, As Sure as the Sea

“Which of us deserves anything good? Yet that is grace, isn’t it?”
― Jamie Ogle, As Sure as the Sea

“Despite the slight wobble in her knees, Demi lifted her chin and pressed on, clinging to a deeper truth. That if she did not go on, did not make it to the meeting, she would miss out on the only thing that truly mattered. If only she’d clung to that truth sooner.”
― Jamie Ogle, As Sure as the Sea

“Demi had become agony to be around. Yet he couldn’t bear the separation.”
― Jamie Ogle, As Sure as the Sea

“Evil prevails when good men are silent. It is my duty to the next generation to show them true justice and to speak on behalf of the innocent who cannot speak for themselves. I know you are honorable men and will execute justice.”
― Jamie Ogle, As Sure as the Sea

“How creative and gracious God was to place such beauty here, where only her undeserving eyes would see it.”
― Jamie Ogle, As Sure as the Sea

“and her smile—her smile made his heart do a strange lurch in his chest.”
― Jamie Ogle, As Sure as the Sea

“She stopped, conflicting desires warring in her expression before deflating in surrender when her gaze dropped to Paros.”
― Jamie Ogle, As Sure as the Sea

“You are a woman made an image of God. Chosen. Beloved. A woman worth fighting for. A woman He died for. If that does not make you the greatest of treasures, I don’t know what else could.”
― Jamie Ogle, Daughter of the Rebellion

“How could this woman wield such power over him, to be able to raise and lower his hopes as easily as she did the sail on her boat?”
― Jamie Ogle, As Sure as the Sea