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141 " I’d believed my destiny was in protecting the king. But maybe God had ordained the entwining of my life with Lis’s instead. How else could I explain this bond that had so rapidly formed between us along with my need to keep her safe? "
― Jody Hedlund , Entwined (Knights of Brethren, #2)
142 " The greatest honor a man can experience is dying to himself and living for a greater cause. "
143 " Don’t do that,” I whispered. “Do what?” he whispered back. “Look at me like that.” “Like what?” “Like you would kiss me again if you could.” “I would. "
144 " I have fallen so deeply in love with you that I cannot climb out, no matter how hard I’ve tried. I have finally concluded I cannot live or breathe at the prospect of a future without you in it. "
145 " If I have the power to save the king and the kingdom from the control of one as evil as Rasmus, then Father is right—perhaps God has guarded and saved me for such a time as this. "
146 " But perhaps I’d also pray that somehow I could convince Sir Derrick to fight to win my heart. "
― Jody Hedlund , An Uncertain Choice (An Uncertain Choice, #1)
147 " The power of giving life and taking by death belong to God alone. He won’t allow what He hasn’t already ordained. And since He fixed the number of days your mother would walk on this earth, neither you nor anyone could do anything to prolong it, not even if you helped in a dozen ways. "
― Jody Hedlund , The Preacher's Bride
148 " I was afraid he would pull away, that he would retreat into himself and resist my comfort. But "
149 " Was it possible that everything that happened was somehow entwined? "
150 " Edmund spoke as if he’d carried on a friendly conversation with the beast rather than roaring and snarling at it for the past few minutes. "
― Jody Hedlund , Foremost (The Lost Princesses, #2)
151 " And yet, surely, Providence had brought Izzy to me, had put us together. In spite of the difficulties, the threat of hunger and danger and even death, couldn't we find joy in being together? What if love was one of the methods God had set into place to ease the pain and suffering this life brought? "
― Jody Hedlund , A Worthy Rebel (An Uncertain Choice, #5)
152 " Kissing is a very special way of expressing affection, and we shouldn't give our kisses away lightly to just anyone. "
153 " Courage can be displayed in many forms, my lord,” I said gently. “Sometimes it’s evident in the knight charging forward with the lance on his steed. But perhaps it can also take the form of a head bowed before the enemy.” Derrick "
154 " hat "
― Jody Hedlund , Together Forever (Orphan Train, #2)
155 " But now on their level without any barriers between us, I could see we really weren't so different after all. We were all made in the image of the same God with the same need for love. And I was learning that love was one commodity we all could give - whether rich or poor. "
156 " She shuddered and wrapped her arms across her chest. Hot tears spilled down her cheeks, and the pain in her throat swelled to an unbearable lump. The awful truth fell across her. He didn’t want her. She’d only wanted to tell him how much she cared about him—about them—but he’d pushed her away. . . . "
― Jody Hedlund , The Doctor's Lady
157 " But 'tis often the waiting that makes the doing more pleasurable later. "
158 " Maybe Mercy was as guilty of making assumptions about the wealthy as they were of forming their views of the poor. She’d do well to stop rushing to judge and instead see beyond the surface to the real person. "
― Jody Hedlund , A Reluctant Bride (The Bride Ships, #1)
159 " He was by far the handsomest, not just because his face was pleasant to look upon, but because he held himself with a strong, noble bearing. He looked every man in the eyes when he spoke. He respectfully listened to others in return. And he moved with an air of decisive leadership. "
160 " If we don't be loving one another, then we'll crumble for certain. "