A surrender QUOTES

1 " Apocalypse is a frame of mind." [Nicodemus] said then. " A belief. A surrender to inevitability. It is a despair for the future. It is the death of hope. "

2 " What the Father gives is the capacity to be a self, freedom, and thus autonomy, but an autonomy which can be understood only as a surrender of self to the other. "

― Hans Urs von Balthasar , Unless You Become Like This Child

3 " When it is recalled that until the Christian era the underworld was never regardded as a hostile area, that all gods were useful and essentially friendly to man despite occasional lapsesl when we see the steady methodical inculcation into humanity of the idea of man's worthlesseness - until redeemed - the necessity of the Devil may become evident as a weapon, a weapon designed and used time and time again in every age to whip men into a surrender to a particular church or church state. "

― Arthur Miller , The Crucible

4 " He desired her and, so far as her virginal emotions went, she contemplated a surrender with equanimity. Yet she knew she would forget him half an hour after she left him - like an actor kissed in a picture. "

― F. Scott Fitzgerald , Tender Is the Night

5 " We can hold nothing back [from God]. He must control and dominate us [wholly]. It is a surrender without any conditions attached. This surrender is a definite and conscious act on our part in obedience to the Word of God. "

― Billy Graham , Billy Graham in Quotes

6 " The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion otherwise the garrison are to be put to the sword if the fort is taken. I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. I shall never surrender nor retreat. "

― William Travis, at the Alamo

7 " Being under him, trapped, objectified, I lost all fear. With Jonathan, I felt safe. I felt a loss of control so complete, a surrender so honest that it became a luxurious indulgence. "

― C.D. Reiss , Control (Songs of Submission, #4)

8 " We should not shed tears.
That is a surrender of the body to the heart.
It is only proof
That we are beings that do not know
What to do with our hearts "

― Tite Kubo , Bleach, Volume 07