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41 " Unfortunately, the world has taken some of the greatest minds God has given us and locked them up in cages. Most very brilliant or creative people seem strange to ordinary people. Geniuses are almost always outcasts. The intelligent are bullied on the playground. They see the world differently and are shunned for it. They nearly all turn out to be lonely at the least, locked up at the worst. It's human nature to encourage the status quo and shun those who see life differently. "
― Ted Dekker , The Bride Collector
42 " Whenever you write on a subject that questions the status quo, there are bound to be many who wrestle with the issues "
― Ted Dekker , The Slumber of Christianity: Awakening a Passion for Heaven on Earth
43 " ...most men and women will yield to the strong currents sucking them into the seas of ruin. Only the strongest in mind and spirit will swim against that current. "
― Ted Dekker , Red: The Heroic Rescue (The Circle, #2)
44 " Wage war on death. Live for love. "
― Ted Dekker , Forbidden (The Books of Mortals, #1)
45 " God is with me. Jesus is near. The Spirit is greater than my fear. "
― Ted Dekker , Kiss
46 " Some would say the Creator is a lamb. Some would say he's a lion. Some would say both. The fact is, he is neither a lamb nor a lion. These are fiction. Metaphors. Yet the Creator is both a lamb and a lion. These are both truths. "
― Ted Dekker , Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)
47 " Come hither, my dear. Come hither, that I mightest protectest thou! "
48 " What is pure Bill? Or excellent or admirable? The death of a million people in a flood? God evidently through so. He is incapable of acts that are not admirable, and it is He who brought about the Flood. How about the slaying of children in Jericho? There are a few Bible stories that are not as terrible as they are happy. We just prefer to leave out the terrible part, but that only makes the good anemic. "
― Ted Dekker , When Heaven Weeps (Martyr's Song, #2)
49 " Keep your words. This pain is no life." "You only feel pain because you're alive, boy!" the keeper thundered. "This is the mystery of it. Life is lived on the ragged edge of the cliff. Fall off and you might die, but run from it and you are already dead! "
50 " Take a leap of faith and see that these troubled waters have no power over you unless you give it to them, and even then they lie. "
― Ted Dekker , Water Walker (The Outlaw Chronicles, #2)
51 " And does man simply choose evil, or does he create it? "
― Ted Dekker , Thr3e
52 " I sell ideas. Actually, if you think about it, everything is really no more than idea. The past is nothing more than a memory, which is one kind of idea. The future is still a hope, another kind of idea. The present is fleeting and becomes a memory before you can put your hands on it. All ideas. I sell ideas. "
― Ted Dekker , Obsessed
53 " This was the Great Romance. To love at any cost. "
54 " Suffering is an oxymoron. There is unfathomable peace and satisfaction in suffering for Christ. It is as though you have searched endlessly for your purpose in life and now found it in the most unexpected place: In the death of your flesh. It is certainly a moment worth of laughter and dance. And in the end it is not suffering at all. The apostle Paul recommended that we find joy in it. Was he mad? "
55 " Our lives hang in the balance of unpredictable situations. One minute you're driving down the road whistling a tune, the next moment the car right in front of you spins out of control and crashes. How you prepare for those unpredictable occurrences determines whether you live or die. Always leave an empty lane to your right or left for escape. "
― Ted Dekker , The Priest's Graveyard (Danny Hansen, #1)
56 " The physical power of real love is staggering, because real forgiveness is staggering... "
57 " Just because the truth disturbs someone doesn't make speaking that truth hate speech. "
― Ted Dekker , Sinner (Paradise, #3)
58 " Knowing you’re worthless doesn’t give you value any more than knowing you are a captive sets you free. "
― Ted Dekker , BoneMan's Daughters
59 " She was having some difficulty piecing together exactly why she deserved to be in this place, but she wasn't stupid enough to deny that in the end life was cruel and didn't pay attention to what was fair. "
60 " But sometimes imperfect tools lead us toward perfect ends. "