Sigmund Brouwer > Quotes

“Yet truth is a diamond; even mishandles, smeared with grease, or buried in mud, it cannot be marred and waits for one with a cloth to polish it clean.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Broken Angel

“Are you insane? You still not convinced that chances are better with me?”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Flight of Shadows

“Our greatest temptations generally arise from the areas closest to our hearts.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, The Weeping Chamber

“I hope it doesn't get worse. But even if it gets worse, I won't regret it. I would rather be dead than live in the factory anymore. Not much difference as they just want you to work to death anyway. And you can't even think there or talk. but I have to think. I have to talk. I have to talk about what I think.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Broken Angel

“Outside, most people knew that decades ago, the religious fundamentalists lost the ability to transform society when they became a political movement. Their boycotts and protests were commonplace, any outcry against anything beyond the narrow range of what they saw as biblically acceptable was dismissed as a knee-jerk reaction.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Broken Angel

“achingly”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Dead Man's Switch

“Life is difficult more often that it is not. To live means to face difficulties. It’s what you learn from those difficulties that matters.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Devil's Pass

“We mourn His suffering when, instead, we should mourn the reason He suffered.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, The Weeping Chamber

“For each of us, time is a thief of glory. What gives meaning to our lives and deaths is love and hope, if we are willing to share and accept.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Thief of Glory

“It’s just easier not to be noticed. That way people don’t expect things from you. There’s no pressure, nothing to fear.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Winter Hawk Star

“Jason rammed his pants down to his ankles. I couldn’t believe it. We were down 1-0 less than 10 seconds into the game. In the same time, my partner was down to his red long johns and his hockey socks.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Rebel Glory

“One of the things I don’t like about being tall is having to see the tops of people’s heads, especially those of middle-aged men. You can always tell when they’re slicking their hair forward to hide baldness. Or worse, you see their dandruff like sugar sprinkles on a cake.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, All-Star Pride

“I couldn’t believe it. Riley didn’t flip the puck into the net to put us ahead. He actually held onto the puck and continued around the Chiefs’ net. It stunned the crowd into silence. Riley Judd had just given up a chance at his third goal of the game.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Winter Hawk Star

“We were down three goals by the end of the first period, something Coach Blair did not find amusing.

“Three to nothing!” he shouted as we filed into the dressing room at the end of the period. “Three to nothing! This game is worth four points and all of you are skating like ballerinas out there!”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Rebel Glory

“So imposing your modern-day perspective on a manuscript thousands of years old is the best way to understand the Bible? Choose an interpretation that makes you feel good?”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Flight of Shadows

“The guys on the team tell me that when I go crazy, my eyeballs roll back into my head. If that’s true, my eyeballs were spinning in circles as I wiped the spit off my cheek. And I lost it. Totally.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Thunderbird Spirit

“Jason was still on the blue eye, grabbing at the nylon belt that held up his hockey pants. Great. Two guys around us and swooping down on our goalie, and Jason is still undressing.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Rebel Glory

“My job is to skate as hard and fast as anyone in the WHL. My job is to pound all the opposing forwards and defensemen into the boards whenever possible. My job is to score goals on those few times I have the puck and the net is so wide that even an elephant in handcuffs couldn’t miss.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, All-Star Pride

“My eyes were on the game as the Winter Hawks moved the puck into our zone. I wanted to learn as much as I could about their offense. I wanted to know how they moved the puck around. Playing or not playing, I always look for things that give away shooters’ secrets.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Chief Honor

“It all seemed to happen at once. Jason threw his sweater toward me. It flew into my face like a blanket in the wind. I pulled it away from my eyes to see the Hurricane right winger move in on the puck and sweep past Jason.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Rebel Glory

“People six foot seven and 250 pounds should never lose their tempers,” I explained with a calm voice. “It can be unhealthy for everyone involved.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, All-Star Pride

“Only two months had passed since I had been traded to play defense for the Red Deer Rebels. In that time, I had learned to expect great hockey moves from Jason. I had watched him stickhandle while sliding on his knees. I had admired the way he hip-checked guys from out of nowhere. And I had been dazzled once to see him score with two guys wrapped around his shoulders. In my 25 games since joining this team in January, I had learned to expect nearly anything from #33.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Rebel Glory

“You see, goalies are different from other hockey players. We never cheer against each other. Why? Only goalies truly know what it’s like to be a goalie. Because you’re the last player between the puck and the net, the blame always falls on you when the other team scores a goal.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Chief Honor

“We played our first game that night in a Moscow arena so old and so dark that as we skated around our half of the ice during warm-up drills, I expected to see bats diving in and out of the rafters above us.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, All-Star Pride

“That’s one of the good things about Coach Price. He doesn’t expect us to be silent robots. As long as we do what he tells us, we can kid around and he’ll kid back.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Blazer Drive

“Luke’s eyes were wild. He was a little taller than me, but not quite as heavy. A lot of girls liked him because he was good looking with dark wavy hair. Not many guys liked him because all he cared about was himself.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Blazer Drive

“Think, guys. What was strange about the story Uncle Goerge told us?"
"That a woman outsmarted the men", Mike said. For which he received a scowl that did a thunderstorm justice.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Phantom Outlaw at Wolf Creek

“my selfishness would be proof that it wasn’t love, but a need for ownership.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Thief of Glory: A Novel

“happy”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Sunrise at the Mayan Temple

“Some labels are bad enough: Troublemaker. Bad-tempered. Rebel. I could live with those. I deserved them. Other labels like thief hurt worse and follow you longer.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Thunderbird Spirit