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> [“She is happy, Kate thought. Even in her circumstance, she is happy. Kate almost envied the wounded woman that contentment. Was that what suffering did? she wondered. Place you in such pain that with its lessening, contentment came more easily.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-rickman-vantrease/she-is-happy-kate-thought-even-in-her-circumstance-she-is-happy-kate/)

[Brenda Rickman Vantrease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-rickman-vantrease/)

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## More by Brenda Rickman Vantrease

> [“You can't help a man who won't be helped. (p. 364)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-rickman-vantrease/you-can-t-help-a-man-who-won-t-be-helped-p-364/)

[Brenda Rickman Vantrease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-rickman-vantrease/)

> [“He is a good man, and I don't like Thomas More and his band of heretic hunters. A man should have a right to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-rickman-vantrease/he-is-a-good-man-and-i-don-t-like-thomas-more-and-his-band-of-heretic/)

[Brenda Rickman Vantrease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-rickman-vantrease/)

> [“We are more than pawns, Kate. We are free to make our own choices. Kings and bishops shall not forever determine the fate of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-rickman-vantrease/we-are-more-than-pawns-kate-we-are-free-to-make-our-own-choices-kings/)

[Brenda Rickman Vantrease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-rickman-vantrease/)

> [“God had saved him from the fish cellar and that could only mean one thing. He had more work to do. (John Frith, p.64)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-rickman-vantrease/god-had-saved-him-from-the-fish-cellar-and-that-could-only-mean-one/)

[Brenda Rickman Vantrease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-rickman-vantrease/)

> [“I know my husband. He died with God's name on his lips if anybody's. He always loved his work more than me." (Kate) "Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-rickman-vantrease/i-know-my-husband-he-died-with-god-s-name-on-his-lips-if-anybody-s-he/)

[Brenda Rickman Vantrease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-rickman-vantrease/)

> [“She is happy, Kate thought. Even in her circumstance, she is happy. Kate almost envied the wounded woman that contentment. Was that what suffering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-rickman-vantrease/she-is-happy-kate-thought-even-in-her-circumstance-she-is-happy-kate/)

[Brenda Rickman Vantrease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-rickman-vantrease/)

> [“But with all their mocking they had only hardened his resolve. And the odd thing was, they took a perverse pleasure in it, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-rickman-vantrease/but-with-all-their-mocking-they-had-only-hardened-his-resolve-and-the/)

[Brenda Rickman Vantrease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-rickman-vantrease/)

> [“I think your husband has that something about him that defines honor very narrowly. I fear he is the stuff of which martyrs are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-rickman-vantrease/i-think-your-husband-has-that-something-about-him-that-defines-honor/)

[Brenda Rickman Vantrease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-rickman-vantrease/)

> [“He could not go to God with hatred in his heart. "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted." Even he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-rickman-vantrease/he-could-not-go-to-god-with-hatred-in-his-heart-blessed-are-they-that/)

[Brenda Rickman Vantrease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-rickman-vantrease/)

> [“You said we would go on a sea quest. What are we questing for? Why, fair winds, my pretty Kate, fair winds and wine-dark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-rickman-vantrease/you-said-we-would-go-on-a-sea-quest-what-are-we-questing-for-why-fair/)

[Brenda Rickman Vantrease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-rickman-vantrease/)

> [“I see you have prepared the chessboard." He grinned a devilish grin. "I thought we could play for it. I win, you marry me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-rickman-vantrease/i-see-you-have-prepared-the-chessboard-he-grinned-a-devilish-grin-i/)

[Brenda Rickman Vantrease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-rickman-vantrease/)

> [“He was alone and shackled by his neck to the wall. And he had no hope. How did a man live without hope? \[You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-rickman-vantrease/he-was-alone-and-shackled-by-his-neck-to-the-wall-and-he-had-no-hope/)

[Brenda Rickman Vantrease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-rickman-vantrease/)

> [“If a man's not content in his soul it really doesn't matter where he lives. p. 131)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-rickman-vantrease/if-a-man-s-not-content-in-his-soul-it-really-doesn-t-matter-where-he/)

[Brenda Rickman Vantrease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-rickman-vantrease/)

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