Donna Woolfolk Cross

“But she had known, better than anyone else, what demons he had faced, had known how hard he had fought to free…

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

Is it not lack of faith that leads men to fear the scrutiny of reason? If the destination is doubtful, then the…

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

“Truly Virgil was right: love was a form of sickness. It altered people, made them behave in strange and irrational ways.”

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

Strange the workings of the heart. One could go on for years, habituated to loss, reconciled to it, and then, in a…

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

To marry is to surrender everything--not only your body but your pride, your independence, even your life.

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

Who was to know what went on in a person's heart? A wise woman kept her own counsel.

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

“Thunder sounded, very near, and the child woke.”

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

“Why, she wondered, do we always reserve our worst hatred for our own?”

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

“...for Eve ate of the apple for love of knowledge and learning, but Adam ate of it merely because she asked him.”

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

“Why the woman is better...though she was created second she was made from Adam's side whole Adam was made from common clay.…

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

When law enforcers are shown to have such unswerving integrity, only the most churlish among us would question the methods they use…

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

Is it not lack of faith that leads men to fear the scrutiny of reason? If the destination is doubtful, than the…

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

There was always a way, when one knew what one wanted.

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

As for will, woman should be considered superior to man for Eve ate of the apple for love of knowledge and learning,…

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

“She had discovered that her love of knowing was not unnatural or sinful but the direct consequence of a God-given ability to…

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

“The bud of a rose grows in darkness. It knows nothing of the sun, yet it pushes at the darkness that confines…

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

“This was the price for the the strange life she had chosen, but she had gone into it with eyes open, and…

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

“Shattered by the cumulative effect of so much horror and death, Joan was again afflicted by a crisis of faith. How could…

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

Heed my words, daughter, if you ever mean to be happy: Never give yourself to a man.

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

“Pope Joan was an excellent read.”

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

“She did not care about anything very much. Hope was gone. She existed that was all.”

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

“It was a child's awareness, never spoken or even fully acknowledged, but deeply felt.”

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

What is life? The joy of the blessed, the sorrow of the sad, and a search for death. And what is death?…

— Donna Woolfolk Cross