--- title: "2 Distraught Quotes By Elizabeth Tebby Germaine" description: "2 Distraught quotes by Elizabeth Tebby Germaine. Plus more from Elizabeth Tebby Germaine and more Distraught sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/elizabeth-tebby-germaine-47972_ask-for-help_ask-if-you-would-like-to-he-said-smiling_168358.jpg" --- > [“Ask if you would like to,’ he said, smiling, ‘Or if you prefer, we could just sit.’    ‘But I guess you’re not just sitting.’   He smiled again. ‘No.’   ‘So … are you praying?’   ‘Yes. I try and pray a lot.’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/ask-if-you-would-like-to-he-said-smiling-or-if-you-prefer-we-could/) [Elizabeth Tebby Germaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/elizabeth-tebby-germaine-47972_ask-for-help_ask-if-you-would-like-to-he-said-smiling_168358.jpg) > [“… I went back to the stories people wrote about Him. It was mostly crazy stories written by people who called themselves Matthew, Mark, Luke and John … just stories, nothing you could rely on are they! We will never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/i-went-back-to-the-stories-people-wrote-about-him-it-was-mostly-crazy/) [Elizabeth Tebby Germaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/elizabeth-tebby-germaine-47972_burn-in-hell_i-went-back-to-the-stories-people-wrote_717855.jpg) ## More by Elizabeth Tebby Germaine > [“There follows a description of one lorry collapsing into the river. … While the energetic and able Burmese drivers and their assistants were busy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/there-follows-a-description-of-one-lorry-collapsing-into-the-river/) [Elizabeth Tebby Germaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/) > [“Ask if you would like to,’ he said, smiling, ‘Or if you prefer, we could just sit.’    ‘But I guess you’re not just sitting.’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/ask-if-you-would-like-to-he-said-smiling-or-if-you-prefer-we-could/) [Elizabeth Tebby Germaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/) > [“… I went back to the stories people wrote about Him. It was mostly crazy stories written by people who called themselves Matthew, Mark,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/i-went-back-to-the-stories-people-wrote-about-him-it-was-mostly-crazy/) [Elizabeth Tebby Germaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/) > [“Alisha was now sitting in a shabby armchair with her face buried in a tissue. ‘It’s when someone is kind,’ she whispered, ‘You can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/alisha-was-now-sitting-in-a-shabby-armchair-with-her-face-buried-in-a/) [Elizabeth Tebby Germaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/) > [“… Exhausting climbs lay ahead. It was Sunday … May 17th … The path seemed to climb from dawn till dusk, the rain poured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/exhausting-climbs-lay-ahead-it-was-sunday-may-17th-the-path-seemed-to/) [Elizabeth Tebby Germaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/) > [“Hi Hazel Well here I am in the office and it’s dead quiet. What I’ll do is email pics of some of the stuff…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/hi-hazel-well-here-i-am-in-the-office-and-it-s-dead-quiet-what-i-ll/) [Elizabeth Tebby Germaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/) > [“There is no father,’ he said eventually, ‘And I believe you’re running away from something. You’re a lovely woman trying to hold it all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/there-is-no-father-he-said-eventually-and-i-believe-you-re-running/) [Elizabeth Tebby Germaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/) > [“Was there something … something evil …getting at Hugo? This bizarre and unwelcome thought surfaced in his mind. Were demons and evil spirits only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/was-there-something-something-evil-getting-at-hugo-this-bizarre-and/) [Elizabeth Tebby Germaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distraught/elizabeth-tebby-germaine/#itemlist", "name": "2 Distraught Quotes By Elizabeth Tebby Germaine", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Ask if you would like to,’ he said, smiling, ‘Or if you prefer, we could just sit.’    ‘But I guess you’re not just sitting.’   He smiled again. ‘No.’   ‘So … are you praying?’   ‘Yes. I try and pray a lot.’  ‘Can I pray?’  ‘Yes. Of course.’  ‘I think … maybe …’  ‘Yes?’  ‘You are praying that I might be able to pray. Because you know that I don’t know how to.’ ‘Yes, I am. 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