Karen Hancock > Quotes

“A man doesn't have to be alive to start the fires of revolution.”
― Karen Hancock, The Light of Eidon

“If only [there] really was a door and [you] could walk through it into another life, where threads didn't snarl and stitches didn't go all tight and tiny. Where people loved you and didn't leave you for someone else.”
― Karen Hancock, The Shadow Within

“You have a destiny. Do you know what it is? Are you willing to embrace it? Lay down your very life in its service? Or will you let your enemy hold you back with fears and illusions, keep you from trusting Him whom you should trust above all others? He knows exactly what He is doing in your life, and He has everything under control. You know that, but do you believe it? Will you go forward in the direction He has led you and rest in the knowledge that He'll see you through it? Or will you back away?”
― Karen Hancock, The Shadow Within

“Did you know that when you save someone's life, it makes you their hero? Did you know that, even if that person is mad at your for saving their life, another person who may have been watching or who may have heard about it could be affected by what you did for that other person, and you could be a hero to them, too?”
― Karen Hancock, Arena

“There was no spoken testimony, no verbal deposition, no swearing upon holy books, for words alone could lie. Decision and action, repeated over time, did not.”
― Karen Hancock, Arena

“Terstan.
Who? Who would do such a thing?
"He will kill him, Abramm. Just”
― Karen Hancock, Light Of Eidon

“stopped.
Well, he'd been stopped.
And the king had been deprived of his most loyal supporter, was suspected of having”
― Karen Hancock, Light Of Eidon

“Sunpraise.
None of it made any sense.
He thought again of Brother Rhiad raving last night in the coach about what a dangerous”
― Karen Hancock, Light Of Eidon

“Don't sell yourself short, young man,' he said sternly. 'These people don't need charisma. They need hard work and the truth- exactly what you've given them. ... Popularity isn't everything. In fact, it isn't anything when you get right down to it. The majority is rarely right.”
― Karen Hancock, Arena

“If God is for us, who is against us? For this very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate my power... And that my name might be proclaimed....”
― Karen Hancock, Arena

“Don't let me do this!
As always, his plea received no answer.
Half an hour later he entered”
― Karen Hancock, Light Of Eidon

“well-known."
"You're saying Raynen is behind this?"
"Lad, he cannot help but see you as a threat. And they say he's been distraught of late-unbalanced." He shook his head. "I cannot believe all the problems this Initiation has had. I'm beginning to think it will take a miracle to pull it off. In”
― Karen Hancock, Light Of Eidon