28 Quotes by Michelle Griep

It's hard to believe now, Johanna, but love gets easier once the heart is broken. It's a casting away of the shell. Of course it hurts. It's meant to. But broken things are always the beginning of better things. A plant could not grow without first the ground being broken. The most plentiful yields come from a field ravaged by a plow.

Why was it that her gratitude heightened only after a vexing experience? How much peace did she miss out on by appreciating a rainbow instead of valuing the rain beforehand? Should she not thank God for both?

I have come to believe 'tis more important in this life to make one person feel loved than to go around killing and grasping for power.

If you knew all the answers, there'd be no need for trust, little one.

I have long abhorred black. It is a great abyss, sucking in the colours of the rainbow and wringing the life from them. The moniker of death.

Though you are brilliant at hiding your heart, I've long known you underestimate your own value. But that view of yourself is a lie. Each of God's creatures is inherently precious and so are you.

Honor always comes at a price, else it would be worthless.

I've been told I am a handful . . . not to mention stubborn. Even were I to want a man, not many are up for the job.

A person's character is most clearly seen not by what they show, but what they hide.