But what was possible or practical had been replaced by a far baser impulse. Hope. — Ted Dekker Hope Copy Share Image
“Everything was really a story, penned or thought or acted out at some time by someone.” — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“Thus to believe in Him is also to believe in your true, glorified self.” — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
Anything unnatural was not naturally believed. Faith, in essence, was unnatural. — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
It was there, beyond the skin of this world, that a cure of ugliness could be found. — Ted Dekker Beauty Copy Share Image
“The physical power of real love is staggering, because real forgiveness is staggering...” — Ted Dekker Forgiveness Copy Share Image
Like all of my fictions, 'Sinner' is a mirror. Look into it and you will find yourself. What you do with what… — Ted Dekker Mirror Copy Share Image
I never write my stories as a wake-up call as such. I simply explore the kinds of situations that I find personally… — Ted Dekker Challenge Copy Share Image
“His eyes held a subtle light that she could not mistake for anything other than true attraction. The kind that mere friends… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
You never read Spider-Man? Accepting your true identity means understanding that you are a stranger to this world. A freak, ostracized by… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“Yes, I drank some of the ancient blood and it changed me. If I'm right...If the vellum is right, the world is… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“...we all face similar pressures to forget the simple truth of who we are. Particularly the truths that don't jive with what… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
Live to discover, as long as discovery leads to a love that comes from the Creator... writing was the mirror to life. — Ted Dekker Creator Copy Share Image
“But aren't lovers always tempted to find another? You humans are lovers, yes? So you have this awful tendency to reject him… — Ted Dekker First love Copy Share Image
“I believe in God because only an idiot can look at the complex balance of nature and believe that has not been… — Ted Dekker Believe in god Copy Share Image
My first seven novels were contemporary spiritual novels, my next nine had strong elements of fantasy, and now I'm writing thrillers, more… — Ted Dekker Age Copy Share Image
Pain or perspective, that's the choice.' . . . You choose pain - you choose to fight it, deny it, bury it… — Ted Dekker Better person Copy Share Image
“The point is, we were created to love beauty. We love beauty because Elyon loves beauty. We love song because Elyon loves… — Ted Dekker Beauty Copy Share Image
It's critical that we use a very dark brush to paint evil. When you bring the light into that darkness as characterized… — Ted Dekker Brilliance Copy Share Image
“Do you know what hope and fear have in common?... They both hold great power. But that power is dependent on both… — Ted Dekker Fear Copy Share Image
He was as needy as she was. Alvin Finch only wanted to be needed. Loved. And absent of either, he resorted to… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view.… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“Everyone wanted to create his own history. There was nothing as powerful as the written word; history had taught them all that… — Ted Dekker History Copy Share Image
“The only barrier to apprehending the truth is our own unwillingness to see the world as it is instead of how we… — Ted Dekker Truth Copy Share Image
When I sit down to write a novel, I am exploring my own relationship with God, with the struggle between good and… — Ted Dekker Books Copy Share Image
You should know something, Miriam… God changed our futures yesterday. There's no other explanation for what happened. And it wasn't the first… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
Born of Black and White, Eaten with worms, I'm a Saint, a Sinner, a Siren of the Word, The Circle knows me,… — Ted Dekker Baby Copy Share Image
“Some physicists postulate that the past, present, and future all exist simultaneously and that we simply experience whatever present slice of the… — Ted Dekker Past present Copy Share Image
“Do not allow fear to bind you up, dear one. You will only lose what you already have. Accept what is given… — Ted Dekker Fear Copy Share Image
“The day is brimming with freedom. He took another draw of the air. There's nothing like the clean smell of freedom, wouldn't… — Ted Dekker Freedom Copy Share Image
“We’re far more than just physical beings having a spiritual experience. We’re spiritual beings having a temporary physical experience.” — Ted Dekker Religion Copy Share Image
“Only a woman could make so much out of so little. Give them a single fact and they'd fashion it into a… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“Women could be quite crafty, he knew that much. His father said it often. Smarter than men, too, most of the time.… — Ted Dekker Fall in love Copy Share Image
“Do you believe? "I believe," he said softly. What do you believe? "I believe that I will kill these two to save… — Ted Dekker Belief Copy Share Image
“Take a leap of faith and see that these troubled waters have no power over you unless you give it to them,… — Ted Dekker Faith Copy Share Image
“This world we now live in may indeed be a beautiful gift from God, but do not forget that it's our union… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
The pain was so deep and so raw. There were days I would have died just to forget. The problem was, I… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
The light came into the darkness, and the darkness did not understand it, but that no longer mattered because the light was… — Ted Dekker Darkness Copy Share Image
