Quote by Carolyn Arends

“Then the man said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have…

— Genesis 32:28

“Stories wanted to be read, David's mother would whisper. They needed it. It was the reason they forced themselves from their world into ours.…

— John Connolly

“Somwhere across town she was standing at a sink or walking into a closet, his name stowed somewhere in the pleated neurons of her…

— Anthony Doerr

“At night they emerge from the water, stalking over the grassy field, leaving bits of themselves on the ground. They gather at my bedside…

— Lee Thomas

“who’d gazed at David with adoring eyes and dreamed dreams about him. David could have anyone he wanted! Even before he was king, women…

— Francine Rivers

“Without looking at Jacob, I said slowly, 'Well, it seeps into you. It doesn't make you forget yourself, but totally the opposite.' I chance…

— Justina Chen Headley

“I can't help but love David at this moment. He's calm when he has every right to be angry with everything and everyone, and…

— Nick Hornby

“I know who I am and I like being me. As much as I care about David, I don't want to be with someone…

— Robyn Butterfield Buttars

“Balfour kissed up the line of David’s throat and whispered harshly in his ear, “God, but I want to do everything to you. I…

— Joanna Chambers

“There have been times recently, since the begining of our troubles, when the site of David awake active, conscious, walking and talking has made…

— Nick Hornby

“I liked holding David’s hand, though. That part-the snow dampening my face, letting my tears mix without anyone seeing, his fingers snug in mine-that…

— Julie Buxbaum

“David and I were big. Are big. But the broken, beat-up, warring, loving, beautiful, truthful world is bigger than us by far.”

— Karen Schreck