Dean Hughes > Quotes

“War is the greatest evil Satan has invented to corrupt our hearts and souls. We should honor our soldiers, but we should never honor war.”
― Dean Hughes, Far From Home

“If we believe in them, love them and trust them, they see who they are through our eyes.”
― Dean Hughes, Promises to Keep: Diane's Story

“This boy turkied my Thanksgiving, but I won't let him Grinch my Christmas. -Dean Hughes (Midway to Heaven)”
― Dean Hughes

“Before we have children, we think most of the parents sitting in sacrament meeting ought to “do something about their kids.” Once we have kids, we think everyone ought to be a lot more understanding about what we’re trying to survive during the meeting. And once our kids are grown, we think, “I never let my kids get away with that.” We really all need to chill out.”
― Dean Hughes, All Moms Go to Heaven

“I'd rather do something than read about it."
"That's fine, but if you do it, and then can't think what it means, it's never much of a memory. Life has more to so with memories of the past and longings for the future than it ever does with *right now*.”
― Dean Hughes, Before the Dawn

“Sometimes when you're looking for an answer, you search everywhere else before you take a look at what's right in front of you.”
― Dean Hughes, Take Me Home

“What would Kathy say if she knew I let the whole crew eat those Oreos when they never did eat their carrot sticks (which I had so firmly required as prerequisite)? All three of my kids were probably heading for disease (not enough veggies) and jail (not enough discipline).”
― Dean Hughes, All Moms Go to Heaven

“The war must have broken God's heart, Anna. How could he stand to watch what we did to each other?”
― Dean Hughes, As Long As I Have You

“I think he'll accept the gospel in the next life," Afton said.

Bobbi was stunned by the response.

"Afton, what do you mean?" she said. "That is the gospel.”
― Dean Hughes, As Long As I Have You

“I didn't learn anything. Mostly, I got myself confused."
"Kathy, that's what learning is all about. You have to know the right questions before you can get the right answers.”
― Dean Hughes , The Writing on the Wall

“What a storyteller does is *see* more than most of us. We say he's making up his stories, but he—or better yet, *she*—watches more carefully, and then tells us what we would have seen ourselves if we'd just stopped to look.”
― Dean Hughes, Before the Dawn

“Prayer wasn’t a good-luck charm, he had said. It was a means of discovering God’s will.”
― Dean Hughes, Come to Zion - The Wind and the Waves: Volume 1

“Ever realize the meaning of life? Make a family, get through school. The stress that gets put on you. Is it ever enough?”

— Jass”
― Dean Hughes

“walked to the front of the compound. He was apparently the head guard for their section of the prison. “You must count,” he shouted.”
― Dean Hughes, Far From Home

“No. No, Bobbi. You try to understand yourself. You think about it, try to say it. And it takes you forever because you use so many words. But you're not open-- not really. You don't let yourself feel, and then do something about it. You don't listen to your heart. You have to consider everything, think about it for a year or two, take one little step at a time. You must be careful or God will turn you into a pillar of salt. You spend your whole life looking behind you.”
― Dean Hughes, As Long As I Have You

“...I think God asks more of us than we can possibly do. Jesus tells us to love others as much as we love ourselves - - but we really can't do it. Still, He doesn't ask such a thing to make us miserable. He gives us an idea of the ideal, and we try to find it in ourselves. We never get there, but there's worth in the effort. And maybe, in the next life, we'll finally be able to learn that kind of love.”
― Dean Hughes, River: Where Faith and Consecration Converge

“If I can save a few lives, I'm going to feel much better about myself when this war finally ends. Or if I die, I'll be able to face the Lord.”
― Dean Hughes

“You're good, Bobbi-- really, really good. And lately, I've had a hard time believing in goodness.”
― Dean Hughes, Since You Went Away

“Al, she feels that David is her only chance for happiness. That may be wrong, but we can't say, 'Choose unhappiness'. We have to offer something more than that.”
― Dean Hughes

“It struck Yuki as almost comic that humans drew lines on the globe, and on both sides of those lines raised up armies. Then they fought and died to take possession of...what? Hills. Yuki knew he had to fight, and had to win, but that didn't make war anything to be proud of.”
― Dean Hughes, Four-Four-Two

“What is the meaning of life? You have to make a family, and get through school. All the stress that is being put on you. Is it ever enough?”
― Dean Hughes, Four-Four-Two

“But sometimes, when you've tried and tried for a long time, it feels good to give up for a while.”
― Dean Hughes, River: Where Faith and Consecration Converge