84 Quotes by Cameron Dokey

A plant needs to do more than stretch its leaves toward the sun. It also needs to send down roots deep into the ground. They hold on tightly in the dark, out of sight where it is easy to forget about them. But it is the fact that a plant can do these two things at once, anchoring itself to the earth even as it reaches for the sky, that makes it strong.

In spite of myself, I gave a snort. "Just once, I'd like to hear a simple, straightforward prophecy.

In the weeks since I had made the decision to leave my father's house, I had grown up. And I had learned that not every battle can be fought by firing an arrow from a bow. But I would have to face whatever new challenges came my way as bravely as I had faced the Huns. I could not wallow in self-pity, thinking about what might have been. I had to do my duty. It was the only way to stay true to myself.

If you have to ask, you've never been in love. More than that, you've never had your feelings hurt by the one you want to trust and cherish you most of all.

A will to be unkind is like a sickness. It can be healed or driven out. But to be unkind because you are thoughtless is the worst kind of blindness: difficult to cure, because you cannot see the fault even as you commit it.

I am free to choose my own actions. Indeed, like everyone else, I must be so. A good act that is compelled is not goodness at all, but merely force.

Little princess, lovely as the dawn, well named Aurore.

First impressions can be tricky things, for they can be both shallow and lasting, all at once.

I love you, Papa,” I said.“And I love you,” my father replied. “I have loved you every day of your life. I will love you forevery day of mine and more. My love will never diminish, no matter how many steps you takethroughout the world, no matter how many years you wander until your task is done.”“I will love you as long as I draw breath,” I replied. “And the moment I stop breathing, I will findyou. Wherever you are.