21 Quotes by Bodie Thoene

We closed our eyes and woke up to the world of the Troll King. And everyone – everyone – who has lived by the laws of humanity is in some sort of prison. It is a crime to say, ‘To thine own self be true.’ They have made truth a crime. Now we live the law of trolls. Like Hugel, ‘To thine own self be enough! To thine own self be everything!

A wise woman knows what she says. A foolish woman says what she knows.

Tonight the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come marched in goose-step and raised a hand to salute “Heil Hitler!” Tonight the ghost wore a swastika on his armband instead of the simple red and white colors of Austria. And yet, on this silent night, the horrible specter seemed all but invisible in Vienna. Murphy could only wonder if he was the sole person at Sacher’s who could hear the anthem of Hitler’s hordes echoing distantly from beyond the mountains.

Hot tears rolled from Herschel’s eyes and he wiped them away, afraid that they would drip through the boards and onto his father’s unfeeling tormentors.

Though the growing may be difficult, God will be glorified at the end of every righteous man’s story.

Nobody liked Goring except Hitler and Goring.

Elisa thought how empty the prayers sounded. The words rattled around in the ancient rafters and then returned to them like dead leaves falling from the trees. No life. No shade of hope. Only a cold wind that blew into their very souls.

Men are so simple and stupid and ready to avoid conflict that the one who deceives will always find those who are ready to be deceived.

He scowled at the typewriter, at the empty sheet of paper.