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Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1) QUOTES

Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1) QUOTES

1 " The fact is not kill entire populations is able to infect entire regions of land and control the only cure. "

― Ted Dekker , Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)

2 " 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)

3 " Come hither, my dear. Come hither, that I mightest protectest thou! "

― Ted Dekker , Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)

4 " This was the Great Romance. To love at any cost. "

― Ted Dekker , Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)

5 " How can there be love without a true choice? Would you suggest that man be stripped of the capacity to love? "

― Ted Dekker , Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)

6 " Not evil. Not any more evil than the colored trees are good.Evil and good reside in the heart, not in trees and water. "

― Ted Dekker , Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)

7 " Not wonderful that you've forgotten, mind you. Wonderful that you have so much to discover. "

― Ted Dekker , Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)

8 " And to understand how love unfolds, you must understand how Elyon loves. "

― Ted Dekker , Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)

9 " These were his people--a strange thought. Maybe not his very own people, as in father, mother, brother, sister, but people just like him. He was lost but not so lost after all. "

― Ted Dekker , Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)

10 " Tarih ıvır zıvırı sever. "

― Ted Dekker , Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)

11 " The point is, we were created to love beauty. We love beauty because Elyon loves beauty. We love song because Elyon loves song. We love love because Elyon loves love. And we love to be loved because Elyon loves to be loved. In all these ways we are like Elyon. In one way or another, everything we do is tied to this unfolding story of love between us and Elyon. "

― Ted Dekker , Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)

12 " Adrenaline dulls reason; panic kills it. "

― Ted Dekker , Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)

13 " What man would not romance a woman who had invited him? And what woman would not romance a man who had chosen her? It was the nature of the Great Romance. "

― Ted Dekker , Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)

14 " Because evil provides his creation with a choice,” the child said as though the concept was very simple indeed. “And because without it, there could be no love.” “Love?” Tom stopped. The boy’s hand slipped out of his. He turned, brow raised. “Love is dependent on evil?” Tom asked. “Did I say that?” A mischievous glint filled the boy’s eyes. “How can there be love without a true choice? Would you suggest that man be stripped of the capacity to love? "

― Ted Dekker , Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)

15 " Then maybe you can tell me something else. How is it that Elyon can allow evil to exist in the black forest? Why doesn’t he just destroy the Shataiki?” “Because evil provides his creation with a choice,” the child said as though the concept was very simple indeed. “And because without it, there could be no love. "

― Ted Dekker , Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)

16 " He was bitten with the bug. His curiosity was turning. His desire was outpacing his satisfaction. He’d gone to the Crossing because he was tired of not knowing. Well, now he knew, all right. The only question was, How much knowledge would suffice? And for how long? "

― Ted Dekker , Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)

17 " But the Great Romance is the root of our stories, stories that confront us with the eternal ideals. Love. Beauty. Hope. The greatest gifts. The very heart of Elyon. Do you understand?” “Um . . . actually it sounds a bit abstract.” “Ha! The opposite, Thomas! Do you know why we love beautiful flowers? Because we love beauty! "

― Ted Dekker , Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)

18 " most of the world believes that most of what actually happens, happens without our being able to see it. That’s a religious mainstay. "

― Ted Dekker , Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)