Adrienne Thompson > Quotes

“At the heart of everything I write is a love story.”
― Adrienne Thompson

“If you can dream it, believe it, and are willing to put in the work for it, then you can achieve it!”
― Adrienne Thompson

“Baby girl, an untested faith is an unreliable faith. Sometimes we experience trials to bring us closer to God, to give our witness, our testimony, new power.”
― Adrienne Thompson, When You've Been Blessed

“Being self-published makes me no less "published" than the authors who are with publishing companies.”
― Adrienne Thompson

“I forgave you a long time ago. Forgiving is easy. It’s the forgetting that’s hard.”
― Adrienne Thompson, Better

“You need me to grow a soul patch, because I’ll do it.” I shook my head. “You don’t need a soul patch. I just opened my eyes, and I see you, John. I really see you. I wanna accept what you have to give me. I wanna accept your love.”
― Adrienne Thompson, Summertime

“My heart needs to be near you. You’ve taught me that race doesn’t matter, that love is stronger than any conviction I might have. Thank you.”
― Adrienne Thompson, Better

“How can I recognize reality when everyone around me is wearing masks and playing roles?”
― Adrienne Thompson, When You've Been Blessed

“To love someone is to respect them and to protect them, not hurt them.”
― Adrienne Thompson, Better

“Hmm, we women are funny. We love hard, and sometimes we go along with things we don’t agree with and say we understand when we really don’t.”
― Adrienne Thompson, Home

“With a pen in my hand I am fearless.”
― Adrienne Thompson

“I know church is important, but it’s not a necessity for worship. I worship God all the time.”
― Adrienne Thompson, Better

“If you let go of your dreams, you stop really living. Living without fighting for your dreams is not living at all—that’s just existing.”
― Adrienne Thompson, Your Love Is King

“You better not have another man in there with my sons.” “Don’t worry, you already did that. No sense in me repeating your sins.”
― Adrienne Thompson, Better

“Well, I’ve been praying for my vagina to go numb. Will you pray with me?” “No!”
― Adrienne Thompson, Better

“Mama, you okay? You were screaming in your sleep,” Derek said. “You had a nightmare?”
― Adrienne Thompson, Better

“You messing around with that Indian you were sitting with?”
― Adrienne Thompson, Better

“Michael stood out not only as the only non-black in the room, but also because of his spirit and his beauty.”
― Adrienne Thompson, Better

“I mean, I’ve just never dated outside of my race before. That’s all.” He raised his eyebrows. “Really? Well, I’ve never dated inside mine.”
― Adrienne Thompson, Your Love Is King

“It means he’ll never marry me. He’s happy and satisfied with the way things are, and he’s not compelled to change them.” “And you got all of that from a whistle?”
― Adrienne Thompson, Ain't Nobody

“Lord, lead me in the right direction. Show me where to go from here and please stay by my side the whole way.”
― Adrienne Thompson, When You've Been Blessed

“I believe we both went to Cook Lake looking for something in particular, not realizing that God had sent us there to find each other.”
― Adrienne Thompson, Better

“an untested faith is an unreliable faith. Sometimes we experience trials to bring us closer to God, to give our witness, our testimony, new power.”
― Adrienne Thompson, When You've Been Blessed

“Ooooh. Um, so your mom’s a freak?” he asked with raised eyebrows. “Basically, yeah.”
― Adrienne Thompson, Your Love Is King

“Chris shook his head. “Wow, you are prejudiced. Where are you from, anyway? Selma circa 1954?”
― Adrienne Thompson, Your Love Is King

“It looks beautiful from up here. Everything looks beautiful from up here.” “It sure does. God is awesome, Carla. Awesome.” “Yes, He truly is.”
― Adrienne Thompson, Better

“Nothing’s that simple but with God it’s a lot less difficult. God brought me through. The only way I could’ve made it is with Him.”
― Adrienne Thompson, Bluesday

“Anyway, I believe that God made one woman for one man. We all have a God-designed mate.”
― Adrienne Thompson, Bluesday