Quotes About Belief

Margaret thought of all she knew for certain, that day would always follow night that love was never wasted nor was it lost.

For some, witchery was a choice, but not for them.

Choose courage over caution. Take time to visit libraries. Look for light in the darkness. Have faith in yourself. Know that love is what matters

He still wanted to believe that people could survive their misfortunes. He believed that was all anyone had.

What people called the truth seemed worthless to her; what was it but a furtive, bruised story to convince yourself life was worth living.

On some nights it was best to remember the past, and not shut it in a drawer. Three hundred years ago people believed in the devil. They believed if an incident could not be explained, then the cause was something wicked, and that cause was often a woman who was said to be a witch. Women who did as they pleased, women with property, women

Every man engaged in war tells himself he can alter what has been written, that it is he, not God, who is the maker of destiny, free to change what is meant to be.

What you are able to dream you are able to grow, she says to me. If you don't believe in it, it can never happen.

Love wasn't rational; there was no proof that it even existed outside of people's imaginings.

I believe in tragedy," Shelby responds coldly. "Not miracles.

But the best stories were about their mother, how her hair was as red as blood, how she had seventy-four freckles on her face, how she was a ferryboat captain's daughter who believed that people could fly.

But then you like to tempt fate, don't you? Don't worry, it will all work out

The aunts always kept their promises, and they still do. They believe that every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.

Real life is unbelievable. Souls are snatched away from us, flesh and blood turn to dust, people you love betray you, men go to war over nothing. It's all preposterous. That's why we have novels. To make sense of things.

In good time every secret must be shared and every miracle called into question.

I think if I believe in anything, I believe in ghosts.

They believe that every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.

I wished to be forgiven. 'It was always so in the eyes of God,' Shirah told me.

No walking in the moonlight, no Ouija boards, no candles, no red shoes, no wearing black, no going shoeless, no amulets, no night-blooming flowers, no reading novels about magic, no cats, no crows, and no venturing below Fourteenth Street. Yet no matter

The aunts tried to encourage her not to be so good. Goodness, in their opinion, was not a virtue but merely spinelessness and fear disguised as humility. The aunts believed there were more important things to worry about than dust bunnies under the beds or fallen leaves piling up on the porch.

Mrs. Jones leaned in close. She smelled of wool and peppermint. There's a man somewhere who wanted you to believe in something...

Go," Jet told Franny. "What's meant to happen will.

For women who wanted a child, mistletoe was to be strung over their beds. If that had no effect, they must tie nine knots in a strong rope, then burn the rope and eat the ashes and soon enough they would conceive.

If you believed in something strongly and gave it enough credence, it could appear right in front of you. Though it had been created in your mind, it would claim a presence in the real world, a monster at your door, a demon pulling at your coat sleeve.