“We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.”
― Lord of Chaos
― Lord of Chaos
“Never think I have abandoned you. When the sun shines on you, it is my smile. When you hear the breeze stir through the apple blossoms, it is my whisper that I love you. My love is yours forever.”
― The Shadow Rising
― The Shadow Rising
“She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, and he had drawn her out and shown her that she was a butterfly.”
― The Pillars of the Earth
― The Pillars of the Earth
“But the lesson of Abraham's story is that God demands the best we have to offer, that which is most precious to us.”
― The Pillars of the Earth
― The Pillars of the Earth
“You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones. Remember this, on this journey you insist on making. If you die, I will not survive you long.”
― The Shadow Rising
― The Shadow Rising
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