She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read.
Elizabeth George SpeareTags: dream elizabeth-george-speare witch-of-blackbird-pond
Everything in our lives," she said quietly, "leads up to everything else in our lives. So a moment in the present has a reference point, both in the past and in the future. I want you to know that you--as you are right now and as you ever wil be--are fully enough for this moment . . .
Elizabeth George SpeareDaniel, he said. I would have you follow me.
Master!....I will fight for you to the end!.
My loyal friend, he said, I would ask something much harder than that. Would you love for me to the end?
...I don't understand, he said again, You tell people about the kingdom. Are we not to fight for it?
The kingdom is only bought at a great price, Jesus said. There was one who came just yesterday and wanted to follow me. He was very rich, and when I asked him to give up his wealth, he went away.
I will give you everything I have!
....Riches are not keeping you from the kingdom, he said. You must give up your hate.
...of the few young men and boys at the fort, now that she was too old for racing and climbing trees with them, she felt both shy and critical...
Elizabeth George SpeareThe impression of strength came from an extraordinary vitality that seemed to pulse in the very air around him
Elizabeth George SpeareThere is no escape if love is not there
Elizabeth George Spearethe demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out.
Elizabeth George SpeareNo, I have not asked Jesus to join us. All I hope and long for now is that he will ask me to join him.
Elizabeth George SpeareTags: faith
Have you noticed her name?"
Kit leaned sideways to see the letters painted jauntily on the transom. "The WITCH! How did you dare? Does Hannah know?"
"Oh, she's not named after Hannah. I hadn't gone ten miles down the river that day before I knew I'd left the real witch behind.
That lame man you saw-- is he grateful now? Is it worth it to get on his feet and spend the rest of his life dragging burdens like a mule? . . . It's not much of a world, is it? Is it worth trying to bring Leah back into it?"
Thacia stood still in the road. "Oh, Daniel-- yes! If only I could make you see, somehow, that it is!"
"All this--" she exclaimed, the sweep of her arm including the deepening blue of the sky, the shining lake in the distance, the snow-covered mountain far to the north. "So much! You must look at it all, Daniel, not just at the unhappy things.
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