Jessica Glasner > Quotes

“Only you can tell your story the way it really happened. Without your voice, it’s just a collection of disjointed memories.”
― Jessica Glasner, Song of the Storm Petrel

“You and I, we throw caution to the wind! We swim to great depths! We face the sea!”
― Jessica Glasner, Voyage of the Sandpiper

“What's the point of life unless you live it?”
― Jessica Glasner, Voyage of the Sandpiper

“I think in heaven, the greatest heroes will be those we never knew existed during our time on earth. The quite parents who gave everything for their children. The unknown martyrs who gave their lives to Jesus. The faithful men and women who gave up reputations, raises, fame and glory to follow the narrow way.”
― Jessica Glasner, The Adventure: A Seabirds-Themed Daily-Devotional

“That was Edie. Always dramatic, always dreaming of faraway places and adventure. Yet she never left the safety of her fortress except to go into town on errands or her weekly poker game with the elderly Mr. Henderson. She was, simultaneously, perfectly content and terribly dissatisfied. Nearly impossible to read but wonderful to watch. Insecure yet comfortable in her own skin.”
― Jessica Glasner, Voyage of the Sandpiper

“There comes a time when the people of your past come running up behind you and collide headfirst into your present in a way that affects your future, unalterably, forever.
Not too shabby for a first line, don't you think?”
― Jessica Glasner, Song of the Storm Petrel

“Enjoyment is the first sign of a great talent, my dear! ... Take it from me. I'm a writer! I know the throes of passion and joy that come from doing what you love- the ecstasy, the despair!”
― Jessica Glasner, The Exclusive

“It turned out to be much more of an adventure story then I set out to write. (But life is like that, isn’t it?…”
― Jessica Glasner, Flight of the Seahawks

“Well, when you do want to marry, what do you want him to be like?” I baited, playfully jabbing her in the ribs with a piece of driftwood. “And don’t kid around.” …
Tilting her head back, she thought for a moment and then said quite honestly,
“Like a familiar sweet dream. The kind you dream every so often and can’t remember when you wake up, but you long to dream all day long. Or like a favorite book you loved as a child and forgot about until you found it in an old box in the closet.”
― Jessica Glasner, Voyage of the Sandpiper

“Edie?” I put the can opener down. “Can I ask you a personal question?”
“I’m your aunt! Shoot.” She kept chopping methodically.
“Why aren’t you married?”
“Well, why aren’t you married?” Her eyes narrowed. “Because I’m 15!” I retorted.
“Yeah, and I’m 42. And a half.”
― Jessica Glasner, Voyage of the Sandpiper

“And like Agatha, there will be no turning back. The only question that faces her is the same question that faces us: How will we move forward? And will we place our trust in God or men?”
― Jessica Glasner, Voyage of the Sandpiper

“It was 1941. I was 18, and Peter, 21. We were young and old at the same time.”
― Jessica Glasner, Flight of the Seahawks

“I want my words to be ones that speak life, not death. I want my words to bring hope, not despair. And I want my words to be filled with light that penetrated darkness, truth that obliterates lies, and trust that leaves no room for fear.”
― Jessica Glasner, The Adventure: A Seabirds-Themed Daily-Devotional

“Whether my feelings were right or not, every day I felt relieved he was wounded. I was relieved he limped because he slept in my arms at night. I was relieved he had nothing more important to do than study or fish because I saw him every morning when I woke up. I couldn't tell him. I could never tell him, because the fact that he was not out there with all the other boys risking their lives for our country, for the world, was killing him. Every day it was killing him. But he was brave.”
― Jessica Glasner, Song of the Storm Petrel