Quotes from Colleen Coble

There are always choices in life. People are going to pull you in all directions. Where you end up is a direct result of how wise your decisions are.

When you love someone, you expect them to love you back the same way - with a singleness of heart.

God loves us for who we are. We can´t work our way to his love. That doesn´t work here on this wold either. You either love someone for who they are, or you can forget it. Love that is earned is no love at all. It won´t last.

Thank you, Lord, for never turning me away. For never getting scared, for never lashing out when I hurt you, for always being there with arms wide open, ready to take me back.

It's not the tragedy that can ruin you—it's your own attitude toward it. You can let adversity make or break you, Jason. It's up to you.

The butterfly needs the hardship to make it strong enough to fly. The struggle pumps fluid to its wings and gives it the strength to survive. If I were to help it by cutting away the chrysalis, it would die. So all we can do is stand back and observe its own efforts to free itself.

Daniel studied her face. Have you ever thanked God for giving you the advantages he has? Advantages? All those things I've already mentioned. Your tall and strong, loyal and brave, kind and loving. You stand out in a crowd and your a leader. He wouldn't trust those qualities with just anyone. He must love you a great deal.

The men in California are so sophisticated. I love how they're not above using all the antiaging products or doing their best to stay fit. It's not like here, where guys use a bar of soap and think they're suddenly Don Juan. You can see how it's hard for me to view this place as romantic and not backwoods.' Julia stood. 'Not really. I prefer manly men. I don't care to share my hair product with a guy. I'm funny that way.

He stared at her for a long moment. I would feel terrible if something ever happened to you. You are becoming important to me.

right here." He pointed out an area

Friends are the family we can choose.

News these days was a constant play on people's fears, and he seldom watched it.

snowdrifts, that is. Inside the church, chaos

You seem ill at ease, Miss Sullivan. I assure you I'm completely harmless," he said.

Even in darkness, light dawns for the upright.' That is you now. Let your light shine here in Rock Harbor.

We have no witnesses, no proof. But someone evil is moving us around like chess pieces.

the driver stared too boldly for her taste, so she directed her gaze to her dusty black boots. "Miss?" She jerked her gaze back up to see a man dressed in

Fear was a suffocating companion that constantly tried to smother his faith.

It had only recently been discovered that dolphins could recognize themselves in a mirror, the only other animal besides a chimp to have such self-awareness.

We are all the same inside. We have the same heartaches and joys, the same fears and ambitions. Money doesn't change who we are.

You talk of being a believer, but you can't seem to trust anyone, not even God. You cling to your wealth as your security and carry the baggage of being unworthy, even though God loves you and has forgiven you. You should have listened a little closer to that sermon in church a couple of weeks back.

Lily Donaldson tiptoed to the front door and winced when it opened with a creak.

She put her hands together in a pious attitude and segued into a Princess Bride persona. "Mawwiage . . . mawwiage is what bwings us togevah today . . . mawwiage and twue wuv.

Love made you vulnerable--any kind of love.