Peace Quote by Ana Veciana-Suarez

“To know that she could not be near God in peace and love without fulfilling certain mental conditions — that he would not have…

— George MacDonald

“In her more lucid moments, she knew that half her life had been sacrificed to safeguard her secret heart, to appease that unreasonable, mortal…

— Raymond Kennedy

“She was moved to a profound but pleasurable melancholy by the evidence that human life is brief and long survived by the material things…

— Helen Hooven Santmyer

“It seemed to her that almost any pain was sympathetic to her loss and she inserted herself immediately into the concept of fantastic suffering.”

— Louise Erdrich

She did know that the journey to happiness was laborious and strewn with seeds of suffering. She guessed that it was probably a place…

— Lurlene McDaniel

“Though her life hadn't turned out anything like she'd planned, she knew that in the darkest times God was always working. Always.”

— Karen Kingsbury Ocean's Apart

“Thankfully, God was faithful. Along with her loving and patient family, the Lord had comforted her, loved her, and brought her out of the…

— Sharon Gillenwater

“She discovered what others know only too well in a cynical way, that people prefer to believe in and worship a god who is…

— Henry Miller

“(God) seemed to know everything that was in her heart and to understand that nothing dwelt there that wasn’t absolutely necessary to her survival.”

— Richard Russo

“And yet she hadn't the air of a woman whose life had been touched by uncertainty or suffering. Pain, fear, and grief were things…

— Nella Larsen

“She herself vacillated when it came to belief. She did not particularly believe in God. Or, rather, she didn't believe in a particular God.…

— Allegra Goodman

“She lived a good deal by herself, to herself, working, passing on from day to day, and always thinking, trying to lay hold on…

— D.H. Lawrence