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The Memory Jar (Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors, #1) QUOTES

The Memory Jar (Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors, #1) QUOTES

1 " God created you with special talents for a purpose, and sometimes those we love most don't understand that. Don't let the doubts of others ring louder than God's whispers to your spirit. Sometimes God's whispers are harder to hear, but they're to be trusted the most. "

― Tricia Goyer , The Memory Jar (Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors, #1)

2 " Dat had always told her that whenever you got angry at another person, it was an opportunity to take a glimpse of your own faults. "

― Tricia Goyer , The Memory Jar (Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors, #1)

3 " You don't want to look back at your years with regrets. Regrets have no place in your memory jar. "

― Tricia Goyer , The Memory Jar (Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors, #1)

4 " I also try to weigh my motives. Am I doing what I'm doing because it's what God desires, or because I'm afraid people will be disappointed if I don't? "

― Tricia Goyer , The Memory Jar (Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors, #1)

5 " Her whole life she always pictured falling in love being full of nervous emotion, peaks of romance, and the excitement of wondering if he loved her as much as she loved him. But maybe love was simpler. Maybe true love was finding someone you could talk to with ease, whose heart cared for the same things, and whose dreams could meld with your own. "

― Tricia Goyer , The Memory Jar (Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors, #1)

6 " Sunlight and shade,' his oma had commented once. Jathan liked that, mostly because shade meant that even though things were dim for a time, the sun was still there, just on the other side of the barrier. "

― Tricia Goyer , The Memory Jar (Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors, #1)

7 " For so long, she'd taken her memories of Patty - the memories they'd created together - and held them outside of herself, protecting herself from the pain of carrying them deep within. It was as if she carried all the memories in her jars. But if doing so, it was as if she'd also kept everyone else - those still in her life - at arm's length too. "

― Tricia Goyer , The Memory Jar (Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors, #1)