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Breath of Heaven QUOTES

Breath of Heaven QUOTES

1 " Night had fallen on San Francisco. Once upon a time, the romantic city’s evenings had brought with it the sound of Henry Mancini’s beautiful Lujon, but now there was no music left for me. Claire had taken the music of my heart with her, and I hated her for that. Hated her almost as much as I still loved her… "

― Bobby Underwood , Breath of Heaven

2 " Not everyone found it romantic, however. A few less fortunate people walked alone. Shoes so worn they offered little buffer between their aching feet and the hard concrete, and ill-fitting clothes marked their slide downward. Perhaps they were still searching for jobs, a place to stay other than a shelter, but they were not so far from hopelessness that you could not catch a glimpse at it deep within their eyes. But that only happened when people who had things to do and places to go did not avert their eyes when passing them on the street. Acknowledging their existence was too frightening, because each man and woman, deep down in their hearts, knew that but for the Grace of God, it could be them. "

― Bobby Underwood , Breath of Heaven

3 " Dignity and compassion are all that really separate us from the four-legged creatures operating solely on their survival instincts. It is the law of the jungle, survival, the cutting of the weak from the herd. Humans need their dignity and their compassion more than all else, because without them we are all just animals. cutting the weak from the herd. "

― Bobby Underwood , Breath of Heaven