Dawn Haynes > Quotes

“Peacekeeping is a fine vocation," Emmett said gently. "As long as the peace you're keeping is real. But there's a difference between peace and silence. Peace is what happens when truth and love are both present. Silence is what happens when you sacrifice one for the other." He paused. "You've been sacrificing truth for the appearance of love, son. That's not peace. That's just quiet.”
― Dawn Haynes, Where the Tide Returns: A Christian Beach Romance

“And he especially loves a quiet family. Because silence looks like peace, and peace looks like godliness, and before you know it, you've built a whole life around the idea that keeping things smooth is the same as keeping things right. It isn't. Smooth water isn't always clean water. Sometimes it's just still because nothing alive is moving”
― Dawn Haynes, Where the Tide Returns: A Christian Beach Romance