“Our story is over, though in its end lies its beginning. ”

“Honestly, I had no idea that the heart could cause such trouble and strife. It could be broken and still mend. It could be wounded and still heal. It could be given away still returned, lost and found. It could do all that and still you lived, though according to some, only just.”

“Furniture, my good husband," she said, her mouth full of food, "that be too pretty is without pure thought. Tables with turned and carved legs only encourage the devil to dine."My father stared at her, bewildered.This house needs to be made ready for the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, for when he returns to our fair city and takes his rightful place as king, he'll be needing a good meal in a godly home. Do not you agree, husband?"My father was speechless. Maud, in no way put off by his silence, said, "He will be very hungry. It has been a long time since the Last Supper.”

“Many men spend their lives living in the wrong corner of their souls, mainly out of fear of what they might find on the other side.”

“There is nothing to fear except the power you give to your own demons.”

“You see, the what ifs are as boundless as the stars.”

“All she had to protect herself against him was silence, the one skill in which she had become an expert.”