159 Quotes by Jody Hedlund

We have no control over the future. We can only make the most of the present.

Her fingers tapped against her king. Her soft, graceful fingers. He could almost feel them twined with his. He'd not understood her gesture the first time she'd placed her hand in his. But when they'd knelt together in the chapel yesterday and she'd kept her hand wrapped with his, he'd taken comfort from her hold, felt somehow bolder with her by his side.

All she could do was pray that she'd make it out of the living nightmare of 1381.

He understood now why some men went to such lengths for their women, why they ended up sacrificing so much, why they sometimes even made fools of themselves.

Living in the starkness of the Middle Ages had taught her there was something special about needing others and being needed in return. She'd learned it took courage to open her heart and allow people in.

Edmund spoke as if he’d carried on a friendly conversation with the beast rather than roaring and snarling at it for the past few minutes.

The onlookers had seen not three men in the fire, but four. God hadn’t taken them out of the fiery trial. He’d walked with them through it.

His words were like a soothing balm covering over the voices inside always taunting she’d never be good enough. He’d accepted her in spite of her mistakes. He approved of what she’d done. And he believed she was capable.

She might not be able to eradicate every prejudice around her, but she had to start somewhere to make a difference. And the best place for that was with herself.