“She wanted to confess and be forgiven. She wanted her soul to be clean, but it was impossible. To be forgiven, she would have to repent. Repent, as in resolve not to sin again. Fred prayed every da...”

“He told himself he would pretend nothing was wrong, but he couldnt fool himself. He could forgive himself for having done something wrong, even something so immoral, so reckless. Harder to live wit...”

“Starla, when you work in a restaurant, its not called pie with ice cream on top. Its called pie a la mode. Try saying it one time.A-la-mo, she pronounced.Theres a good girl, Darius said, grinning. ...”

“Not only have we not done the good things that God really wants us to do, but in fact, weve done just the opposite. Weve all done a lot of sinful things that were not very proud of. The good news i...”

“The sun, the moon, the ocean these were all the children of Ouranos and Gaia. They had hundreds more, and they were the grandparents of the gods and of human beings. Ouranos didnt make any of this ...”

“So across the chaos, the Devil looks at God and falls deeply in love with Her. She looks at Him, and the same thing happens. They get married and have some childrenfirst light, then the dry land, a...”

“Strengthen yourself in the word of God.”

“The holiness of the gospel is its ability to pierced though the heart.”

“Without private personal study of Holy Scriptures, how we know God?”

“[H]iding how you really feel and trying to make everyone happy doesn't make you nice, it just makes you a liar.”

“Love is honesty. Love is a mutual respect for one another.”

“The fact that Ridge has been honest in his conversations with me is not something he did wrong. The fact that he has feelings for me also isnt wrong, when you know exactly how much hes fought those...”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”