Michelle Griep > Quotes

“I don't know all you've done, but God knows. And even in the knowing, He chose to love you.”
― Michelle Griep, Gallimore

“A person's character is most clearly seen not by what they show, but what they hide.”
― Michelle Griep, Brentwood's Ward

“No one escapes this life without scars . . . not even God.”
― Michelle Griep, Brentwood's Ward

“Deeds done in the dark can never remain unexposed.”
― Michelle Griep, A Heart Deceived

“Love requires no return. It gives even when forsaken.”
― Michelle Griep, Undercurrent

“It’s more noble to love, even if it’s not returned, than to live without it.”
― Michelle Griep, The Noble Guardian

“Never again would she put one smidgeon of faith in luck or in her own means of control, but in God alone.”
― Michelle Griep, Lost in Darkness

“Are you under the impression that what you have or have not done is what gives you worth? Because that is nothing but a vile lie. God stamps His value on everyone—on you-- by virtue of His grace. ~ Alex to Johanna~”
― Michelle Griep, The Innkeeper's Daughter

“Funny, is it not, that one doesn't know how bad one really is until trying hard to be good.”
― Michelle Griep, A Tale of Two Hearts

“People need you and you need people. That’s the way of humankind.”
― Michelle Griep, Man of Shadow and Mist

“There is nothing more--nor less-- than trusting in God. Therein surrender, and you will find rest.”
― Michelle Griep, The Innkeeper's Daughter

“Truth is a gem to be admired.”
― Michelle Griep, Brentwood's Ward

“Man is not meant to find hope in anything of this world, but rather to lose hope in all things worldly.”
― Michelle Griep, Man of Shadow and Mist

“If you knew all the answers, there'd be no need for trust, little one.”
― Michelle Griep, 12 Days at Bleakly Manor

“God brings people into our lives to walk beside us through our troubles, yet we are the ones who must open the door and let them in.”
― Michelle Griep, Man of Shadow and Mist

“It's hard to believe now, Johanna, but love gets easier once the heart is broken. It's a casting away of the shell. Of course it hurts. It's meant to. But broken things are always the beginning of better things. A plant could not grow without first the ground being broken. The most plentiful yields come from a field ravaged by a plow.”
― Michelle Griep, The Innkeeper's Daughter

“When we're at our weakest, God's at His strongest. We serve a powerful God, boy, and last time I checked, He was still on the throne.”
― Michelle Griep, A Heart Deceived

“You see, my dear, real joy is not found in the best moments of life, but in trusting that God is making the best of every moment.~ Miss Whymsy, A Tale of Two Hearts”
― Michelle Griep, Once Upon a Dickens Christmas

“Broken bones, torn flesh, those things could be mended, but how did one heal a mind so ravaged by sorrow?”
― Michelle Griep, The Captured Bride

“Honor always comes at a price, else it would be worthless.”
― Michelle Griep, The Captive Heart

“Perhaps God is not calling you to live for peace, but rather to fight for it.”
― Michelle Griep, The Captive Heart

“Either he believed all he'd heard and read of God, or he didn't.”
― Michelle Griep, A Tale of Two Hearts

“Time did heal wounds, but not scars. Never scars.”
― Michelle Griep, Lost in Darkness

“Ahh, but do ye know the truth of God's love in yer heart, daughter? Have ye been in His presence, dropped to yer knees by the power o' His love?”
― Michelle Griep, The Noble Guardian

“I glance past Nora’s shoulder to the man lying still and sweaty on the sofa. Are you worth this much trouble? The thought barely surfaces when I stifle a gasp. How often might God think the same of me?”
― Michelle Griep, The House at the End of the Moor

“My precious Lord; My only hope; My Saviour, how I need You now.”
― Michelle Griep, The Captive Heart

“I've been told I am a handful . . . not to mention stubborn. Even were I to want a man, not many are up for the job.”
― Michelle Griep, The Captured Bride

“Of course God was listening—but that didn’t mean God would answer in an agreeable fashion.”
― Michelle Griep, Brentwood's Ward

“My mother--God rest her-- always told me to think of eternity, then live backward from that. Such a view has a way o' whittlin' down our current troubles to a size we can crumple uo into a ball and toss aside. ~Effie, A Tale of Two Hearts”
― Michelle Griep, Once Upon a Dickens Christmas

“We all have our moments of fear and doubt, Eva. It is part of being human. But I promise you, God’s love and grace are constant whether we falter or not.”
― Michelle Griep, Of Silver and Secrets