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On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2) QUOTES

On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2) QUOTES

1 " This war was destroying her entire generation. Those it hadn't wiped out entirely it was trying to take apart piece by piece. And what could she do? Try to stitch the physical gashes back together, but that was only a stopgap. "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

2 " She gave so freely. Out of her plenty, yes - but not just that. She gave of her heart, of her soul. She gave in her loneliness and she gave in her friendships and she gave in her hurt and her pain. "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

3 " None of us can change anyone else - not unless they want to do it themselves. " But the Lord could. "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

4 " You'll either be a villain or a hero, Phil. Try to pick the right one, will you? "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

5 " What do you think heroism is but doing what needs to be done when the situation tries to prevent it? "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

6 " Whatever He asks of us, whether it be a fortune or a pittance or our time or our devotion, we can be sure it will be painful. Cutting out what stands between us and God always is. But we can also trust that in the giving, we'll gain something far more precious. "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

7 " Do you ever have any fun?"
"Loads of it. Just not the sort that lands me in trouble."
"We seem to have different definitions of fun. "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

8 " Asking for favors puts me in a foul temper."
"Everything puts you in a foul temper."
"That is blatantly untrue. Pretty girls put me in a lovely frame of mind. "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

9 " We cannot defeat circumstances with circumstances. When an unforeseen event has crushed us, another cannot make it better. "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

10 " He blocked her. You'll not dissuade me, Arabelle. I've made up my mind, so just resign yourself to an escort.
I don't need a... a guard dog! She moved to sidestep him in the other direction and, as soon as she shifted to compensate, darted around him on the first.
He was at her side within a step. Woof. "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

11 " He does always say that sound planning is the backbone of spontaneity. "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

12 " He needed to help. Someone, somehow. He needed to prove, if only in some small way, that he was worthwhile. "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

13 " He does not ask everyone to give all they have. But if He does, are we willing? "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

14 " Arabelle Denler was... all sorts of impossible things. Too generous. Too good. Too innocent. She made him infinitely aware of all he lacked. "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

15 " Lord God . . . this is a bad idea. She wasn’t weak, not like Camden had said she was.
But she wasn't strong either. Not when it came to him. "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

16 " [...] being a gentleman by birth certainly did not make one worthy of the name. Indeed, far too often it seemed to make one the opposite, by promising a man insulation from the consequences of sin. "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

17 " He does not ask everyone to give all they have. But if He does, are we willing? Truly willing? . . . Whatever He asks of us, whether it be a fortune or a pittance or our time or our devotion, we can be sure it will be painful. Cutting out what stands between us and God always is. But we can also trust that in the giving, we'll gain something far more precious. "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

18 " Strike some terror into him, Phillip. It would do him some good. "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

19 " Love always has a place. "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)

20 " Strike a little terror into him, Phillip. It would do him good. "

― Roseanna M. White , On Wings of Devotion (The Codebreakers, #2)