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Bodie Thoene QUOTES

Bodie Thoene QUOTES

1 " And if we do not stand now, then when will a stand be taken against evil? "

― Bodie Thoene , A Daughter of Zion (Zion Chronicles #2)

2 " Love is the only mirror we must use to judge ourselves and others. "

― Bodie Thoene , A Daughter of Zion (Zion Chronicles #2)

3 " Being brave...is not always being unafraid. Maybe it's more like doing what you know is right even when you're too tired. Or scared. It's going on and doing it anyway...even when you think you can't take one more step. "

― Bodie Thoene , The Key to Zion (Zion Chronicles #5)

4 " There is often grief that comes with loving, Moshe. But it is worth it. "

― Bodie Thoene , The Return to Zion (Zion Chronicles #3)

5 " Anger is the wind which blows out the lamp of the mind. "

― Bodie Thoene

6 " What is right is often forgotten by what is convenient. "

― Bodie Thoene

7 " ...you can take comfort that despair is the worst thing he can spring on you. Things can appear to grow worse, but if you conquer despair, no deeper pit remains to trap you. "

― Bodie Thoene , Of Men and of Angels (Galway Chronicles, #2)

8 " Sometime the only way t' keep goin' is t' keep goin'. "

― Bodie Thoene , Shiloh Autumn

9 " Apathy is the glove into which evil slips its hand. "

― Bodie Thoene

10 " The seasons sang to him - like ageless hymns with whisperings he could feel, but not fully understand. "

― Bodie Thoene , Vienna Prelude (Zion Covenant, #1)

11 " This is me, God! Elisa. I once saw you in all the world. But the world is dark now, Lord. Full. Full of darkness. Close your eyes for a moment, God, and let me sing to you. Let me remember that you are here. Here in the notes. Smiling down as I play for you. Just this moment, God, let me sing to you. And maybe in the song, I will forget whether I am singing to you, or you are singing to me . . . "

― Bodie Thoene , Vienna Prelude (Zion Covenant, #1)

12 " God sees when we do not see, ja? "

― Bodie Thoene , Vienna Prelude (Zion Covenant, #1)

13 " Nobody liked Goring except Hitler and Goring. "

― Bodie Thoene , Vienna Prelude (Zion Covenant, #1)

14 " The Reich may tell you whom you may love and whom you must hate. Oh, yes, Thomas, the Reich can dictate the inward life of every man."
"Not the inward life." Thomas looked up sharply. "Only the outward show. "

― Bodie Thoene , Vienna Prelude (Zion Covenant, #1)

15 " A woman is like tea. She will never know how strong she is until she is in hot water. "

― Bodie Thoene , Against the Wind (Zion Diaries, #2)

16 " Though the growing may be difficult, God will be glorified at the end of every righteous man’s story. "

― Bodie Thoene , When Jesus Wept (The Jerusalem Chronicles #1)

17 " Tonight the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come marched in goose-step and raised a hand to salute "Heil Hitler!" Tonight the ghost wore a swastika on his armband instead of the simple red and white colors of Austria. And yet, on this silent night, the horrible specter seemed all but invisible in Vienna. Murphy could only wonder if he was the sole person at Sacher's who could hear the anthem of Hitler's hordes echoing distantly from beyond the mountains. "

― Bodie Thoene , Vienna Prelude (Zion Covenant, #1)

18 " When a good man suffers … perhaps it makes his roots reach deeper for the water? "

― Bodie Thoene , When Jesus Wept (The Jerusalem Chronicles #1)

19 " Hot tears rolled from Herschel's eyes and he wiped them away, afraid that they would drip through the boards and onto his father's unfeeling tormentors. "

― Bodie Thoene , Vienna Prelude (Zion Covenant, #1)

20 " Elisa thought how empty the prayers sounded. The words rattled around in the ancient rafters and then returned to them like dead leaves falling from the trees. No life. No shade of hope. Only a cold wind that blew into their very souls. "

― Bodie Thoene , Vienna Prelude (Zion Covenant, #1)