Books Quote by Jeanne DuPrau

“If she had some level of theism, we might have a shared theological root from which I could shape holy words.”

— Thomm Quackenbush

“She was going to have to learn to trust God. Completely”

— Jan Karon

“Praying helped, but she had to admit, her faith was wobbling. She might say all the right things, and truthfully, she really did believe…

— Lynette Eason

“What would God think of her, sitting in this chapel, pretending to be holy? He knew the truth. He knew she was no friend…

— Regina Jennings

“Instead she squeezes Mary’s arm and appreciates her kindness. Her understanding. This is why people have children, even when they believe the world is…

— Jessica Shattuck

“Oh, now look. She prays to the Mother of Jesus as if she believes she can intercede for her. Ma infantile, you surely do…

— Sai Marie Johnson

“She brought me closer to God than ten summers of Vacation Bible School.”

— LaToya Hankins

“Have you tried reading the Holy Scripture?”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“A future priest, I faced her as before an altar: one of her cheeks was the Epistle and the other the Gospel. Her mouth…

— Machado de Assis

“I wanted to confront her, to make her see the folly of her religion, to change her diet, to help her spend less on…

— Gary Shteyngart

“Was that all her religious beliefs had ever been then, a set of precepts so deeply inculcated in her that they became automatic, even…

— Hillary Jordan

“As for herself, she returned to her seat with a smile of savage scorn upon her lips, and she blasphemously repeated the fearful name…

— Alexandre Dumas