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41 " The promise of uncertainty changes how I live. It urges me to live... more, as if the very seconds prior to every sunset will be my last. That's the way it's suppose to be. "
― Nadine Brandes , A Time to Speak (Out of Time, #2)
42 " Give me back my eggs "
― Nadine Brandes , A Time to Rise (Out of Time, #3)
43 " I’d handed over my pride, my cowardice, and my relationships. In return, I found life. "
― Nadine Brandes , Fawkes
44 " Love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. I don't think He wants us to keep asking and dwelling on His specific plan or will. He wants us to dwell on and seek Him. Then our decisions will be made from our love for and relationship with Him. We are free to take action in whatever means we want as long as we seek Him and allow Him to guide us. "
45 " My culture had affected my thinking without my consent. How many other things had it shaped without my knowing it? It made me want to examine things - to seek the heart of matters. Of skin color, of Keepers, of Igniters, of White Light, of all my assumptions.How many of us acted and spoke out and fought for beliefs that we held because our environment told us to? As much as I wanted to blame my England, I knew the blame sat with me. I hadn't trained myself to discern. To examine. To seek the source.That was about to change. "
46 " I know men tend to be injury-prone—they’re explorers, after all—but Reid never seemed to get hurt this often. Solomon will have quite the scar collection. "
47 " I'm Parvin Blackwater and I'm very much alive! "
48 " God will never instruct me to be afraid, so I might as well get used to reminding myself to fear not. "
49 " Healing. Forgiveness. Shared story. The promise of walking life with someone who knew my bloodied past. A hand willing to touch the skin of a Romanov and feel only joy. "
― Nadine Brandes , Romanov
50 " It's good to dream "
51 " RISE UP.Hmm?BE MY LIGHT. "
52 " Let me just say, you have way better taste in men than your mom did. "
53 " It is those who dream of the impossible who end up defying the very world. "
― Nadine Brandes
54 " Besides, who says I need to figure out love all at once? It's not a sudden thing. It's gradual, creeping in like a secret and then whispering hints over the cycle of time until you step back and see that all the hints lead to love.Mother once said love is a choice, not a feeling. But don't feelings come from our choices? Or maybe our choices come from our feelings. I don't know. "
55 " You sound like a woman."I swept into a bow, the sword point pricking my sternum."Why, thank you. "
56 " I squeezed his hand, so tight it likely pained him. But sometimes comfort needed to sting more than the sorrow for it to break into the grief. "
57 " If I knew finding a place to stay would be as simple as cracking my head open, I would have crashed to the ice much earlier. ~ Solomon "
58 " Me. I can’t be shaken because I’m God’s. I like the idea of Him shaking the world to see what’s left standing, and all that remains is shalom. "
59 " You find joy in so many little things. For once... I want to see joy find you. Surprise you. You deserve it. "
60 " You’ve had one moment of clarity and now you think you have all the answers.” She gave a grim smile. “Take a breath, Thomas. There has always been fear. There will always be fear. It’s up to us to stand tall, even when the fear demands we bow down to it. "