Victoria Lynn > Quotes

“Her words echoed in his head and a faint hope kindled and grew into a timid blaze. Whosoever. Anyone can be forgiven by God.”
― Victoria Lynn, London in the Dark

“Don't be an Island Cy. When you push us away, the only person you hurt is yourself.”
― Victoria Lynn, London in the Dark

“You are a woman who has shown me what it means to be called by destiny at the hand of God and walk in it.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Somehow, she trusted. With all that was going wrong, she still had the faith to stay strong. She caught Levi’s eye, and the pain in her gaze was tempered with a hope so bright it filled his heart with its light.”
― Victoria Lynn, Bound: Two Broken Souls. One Journey

“God made you to be the way you are, you needn't try to be anything different than that.”
― Victoria Lynn, When Beauty Blooms

“There is good left in this world, Violet. We can’t expect Him to destroy every last inch of it just to rescue us. This isn’t the first time in history that His people have been cut down and destroyed. Remember Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego? They were thrown into a fiery furnace. He rescued them. Will He not do the same for us?”
The mention of fire made her wince. “The furnace feels mighty hot right now.” […]
“But He’s right here with us in the fire. Don’t you see Him?”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“I only did what anyone ought to do.”
“But no one would.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“We need to trust that everything will be all right.” The strength in Miz Mariah’s voice caught Levi’s attention. She was staring at the wall with courage in her eyes. “He hasn’t let us down. God is still with us and He loves us, even if things don’t go the way we think is best. We have to trust that God has a plan. And we can’t let fear get in our way.”
― Victoria Lynn, Bound: Two Broken Souls. One Journey

“Time would tell how much he would remember, if anything at all. She hoped to high heaven that it was the latter.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Doing the right thing did not always mean it was done without fear.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Death had a habit of being permanent.”
― Victoria Lynn, Bound: Two Broken Souls. One Journey

“My forgiveness has covered you. My calling has marked you. My heart is strong within you. Fight now beside Me to master yourself and the voices that lie to you. Step forth into the destiny you were born into and the provision you will bring to this nation.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Your life has value. No matter how hard and worthless it may seem. Your worth stretches far beyond anything you could possibly see and into eternity. Do not forget it.”
― Victoria Lynn, This Life of Mine

“Dirt under her fingernails, the gentle breeze in her hair, and the sound of the wind rustling through the leaves like a soft hand stroking the fabric of the earth soothed her senses; it all culminated into one of the most comforting feelings in the world.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Their faces blurred in his sight. Combining, and then morphing back into individuals. Swirling, spinning,
dancing the night away.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“He wished he knew what on earth to do with himself.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Traveling the roads alone was a temptation for evil”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“She remembered her father's tears, her mother’s cold, white hand, and the perfect, tiny, porcelain face of her still-born baby brother.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“The voices of others had tugged at his mind, offered him many things that in the moment had been his deepest desires. He had been in pursuit of his pleasures, but they had never filled the aching holes within him. The places that had desperately cried out for a loving father, a caring mother, and the wise counsel that he so desperately needed. The heart that longed to be accepted, even in the midst of heartache.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Lord, it hurts.” She whimpered softly. “When will it end?”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“[S]he knew that no matter how vile the person, she could not refuse the common decency of saving their life and caring for their wounds. It was what her Savior would have done, and after all He had offered her, how could she refuse to live in a manner worthy of that sacrifice?”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“[O]ffering a prayer was never an idle gesture.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“The work had been petty, small for a man like him, tasks that most grown men would disdain to touch, but he did it with a willing heart...”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Her head had taken to constantly pounding, and despite the massive amount of work to be done, all she felt like doing was curling up on her little mat by the fire and falling asleep for enough hours to bring
her back to her normal, cheerful, rested self. But every time her head hit the pillow, no sleep came for the worrying. No matter how hard she tried, she always tossed and turned, nervous, anxious, and overwhelmed at the possibilities of the dangers that presented themselves at every corner.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“It was the most troubling and infuriating feeling in the world to have nothing to do...”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“She sat up straight, her back tight but strong, her head held high as she rode through the streets of Niran, looking fear in the face and putting it where it belonged. At her feet.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Their country was a lawless one, run by rugged mountain men who forced its people into servitude, their children into service to the country, and bled their resources dry.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“ Show mercy and grace as I have shown it to you.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Follow My ways, for whom I have called, I will not abandon.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew