Kristy Cambron > Quotes

“There are no chance encounters with God.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Butterfly and the Violin

“This, child, is our worship. To live and survive and play to God from the depths of our souls. This is the call that binds us. When we worship in the good times, it brings God joy. But worship in the midst of agony?” Her tongue clicked against the roof of her mouth and she shook her head. It was an action befitting the wisdom of the words she’d chosen. “That is authentic adoration of our Creator. An orchestra will worship together, as one body. As one song. A family must do no less.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Butterfly and the Violin

“Because I believe that this too shall be used by God. Somehow, this story He is writing will live on.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Butterfly and the Violin

“Our mother used to say that a hero doesn't always have to slay a dragon to save the day." She swept a lock of hair behind her ear in an honest gesture, then pursed her lips and looked back at him, her gaze endearing. "Sometimes he just walks through the fire alongside you, and that's enough.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Illusionist's Apprentice

“when I see a growing hatred for any race of human being, no matter the justification, I cannot stand by in silence.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Butterfly and the Violin

“And she felt the beauty in the music now, drank it in with tears streaming down her face. Never had she been so naked in worship before her Creator, allowing the adoration to bleed out her very fingertips onto the strings, playing her heart's cry for every single lost soul, for the loss of innocence every generation to come would possess as a result of what happened at the killing fields of Auschwitz.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Butterfly and the Violin

“And as God is everywhere, she couldn’t live but to carry Him in her heart, with the worship of daily life, using the gift of every second bestowed upon her to bring honor and glory to her Savior.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Butterfly and the Violin

“My life has to matter for something bigger than myself.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Butterfly and the Violin

“Adele and Vladimir danced along the banks of the River Seine, the loveliness of spring a backdrop all around them.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Butterfly and the Violin

“God plants the talent and it grows, sustained by a spirit-given strength to endure, even in the midst of darkness. It thrives in the valleys of life and ignores the peaks. It blooms like a flower when cradled by the warmth of the sun. It remains in a hidden stairwell in a concentration camp. It grows, fed in secret, in the heart of every artist.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Butterfly and the Violin

“We can’t do anything to make up for our transgressions. There must be grace to cover them—no matter what they are or how deep they run within us. Grace has to be stronger.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Ringmaster's Wife

“If you want to dance with him in the future, then live today. Pray for God to give you the strength to endure each day, for it will be called upon in this place. It will be called upon for all of us,” she said louder, her voice obviously carrying to the ears of all the girls in the room. “Strength? That begins with sleep.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Butterfly and the Violin

“Sparrows soar on high; they are light and agile. They fly through the clouds unafraid and travel where the skeleton could never go. That is strength on little wings. And they fly about inside the tower, waiting for the sun to go down so they can open the windows and escape out into the night sky.” “And what do they do when they come out?” “They rain tiny blessings down on the Jews of Prague while we all are asleep. They shine light in the darkness.”
― Kristy Cambron, A Sparrow in Terezin

“She wished their world were different, wished she could brush the lock away from his face whenever she pleased. But in what world could someone of her family’s position offer their daughter’s hand to a merchant’s son, no matter how gifted he was musically? No matter how much she cared? Their relationship would have to stay secret.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Butterfly and the Violin

“Now I understand the depth of the sadness.” William turned and looked at her. “In the painting? Adele’s eyes look as though they go deeper than the back of the canvas. It’s because of what she saw, because of all the people who walked by her and she was powerless to stop it.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Butterfly and the Violin

“If there was no darkness, there would be no opportunity for light to overcome it.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Illusionist's Apprentice

“There are no guarantees in war. We know this. Safety is a luxury no matter where we tread.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Butterfly and the Violin

“Of the 15,000 children who are believed to have passed through the walls of Terezin, fewer than 100 ultimately survived the Holocaust. I pray, with so many of you, that we would never forget. For every one of those little sparrows who fell, God’s hands were open.”
― Kristy Cambron, A Sparrow in Terezin

“Secrets always come up for air. They're never content to stay buried for long.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Illusionist's Apprentice

“One day we will be free. And we become free by living despite what they do to us. We live by working, and we work for God.”
― Kristy Cambron

“all of time is set to a clock—God’s clock. We’re given so much of it from sunrise to sunset each day.”
― Kristy Cambron, A Sparrow in Terezin

“Replacing the note and the page from the Bible back in the envelope, Rose folded her hands of the desk. "He gave you hope." Sandrine smiled, for Rose understood. "Oui. Christian knew I would need it in order to wait. He reminded me it is the noblest call to be brave, especially when everything within us would have us give in to our deepest fear. he tucked an address in our family Bible, right next to this page.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Paris Dressmaker

“Maybe that's the point. Beauty changes as we change, doesn't it? The things we thought we were supposed to do and be once upon a time, they evolve as we do.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Paris Dressmaker

“Her blue bicycle was waiting against the front stoop. It was the French kind, with wide wheels and a woven basket for trips to the flower shop and buying baguettes on Sunday mornings.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Butterfly and the Violin

“Books are an escape that beckons the reader from the heavy burdens of this world.’ Isn’t that what you told me once? They can challenge as well as comfort. Entertain and educate. Even save us in ways we’d never expect. You’ve used the words art, oxygen, and life all to describe them. Anyone who can see such value in these pages ought to also see that they could take him away from a future he doesn’t want. If anything, that is what Dickens wrote for his characters. Isn’t that what you wish for yourself?”
― Kristy Cambron, The British Booksellers

“I'm learning that's marriage. At least it's the kind of marriage I want. And I know I want said that our fairy tale is on hold for a while, but I don't think that's true now. This is the fairy tale. We are living it. Fairy tales were never really about a perfect end to a story. It's the day by day living that counts. I like that scenario better anyway. At least it's real.”
― Kristy Cambron, Castle on the Rise

“learn was the difference between having a dream and cultivating the courage to live it out day after day.” Mable”
― Kristy Cambron, The Ringmaster's Wife

“In Italy, every sunset belongs to the one who stops to enjoy it.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Italian Ballerina

“And Henri is why I mist do it. I have been asking myself who I intend to be when this war is over - the woman with much who gave little or the woman with little who gave much. That is always the question, isn't it, when we walk through the fire in our lives? And I now know the answer.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Paris Dressmaker

“...my faith must always be stronger than what my eyes can see.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Illusionist's Apprentice