Jane Burray

“All the way back, she had imagined him gloating and taunting, rubbing her face in her own broken pride. Instead, he knelt before her and washed her dirty, blistered feet. Throat burning, she looked down at his dark head and struggled with the feelings rising in her. She waited for them to die away, but they wouldn’t.”
― Francine Rivers, Redeeming Love

“I don't want to fall in love with you,' she said, pushing away.
'why not?'
'because you'll just end up using it against me.”
― Francine Rivers, Redeeming Love

“No, you won’t. And I won’t be enough for you, Amanda. I don’t want to be the center of your life. I want to be part of it. I want to be your husband, not your god. People can’t always be there for you, no matter how much they want to be. And that includes me.”
― Francine Rivers, Redeeming Love

“Angel, Michael’s still waiting for you to come home.” Her face went deathly white. “It’s been over three years. He can’t still be waiting.” “He is.”
― Francine Rivers, Redeeming Love