#mystery

The blood dried on his good hand, he passed his palm over her hair. It curled about his wrist and sprung back into displace as the breeze fluttered by. In the firelight, it was golden like the dandelions of which she’d spoken. The ones that had grown along the Franklin riverbank in late summer. The ones he had lost any faith in since he’d committed his first murder there. ↗

— V.S. Carnes

#love #murder #mystery #romance #faith

Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith." (Br. Cadfael) ↗

— Ellis Peters

#mystery #religion #spirituality #theology #faith

For surely as each November has its April, mysteries only are significant; and one mystery-of-mysteries creates them all: nothing false and possible is love (who's imagined,therefore limitless) love's to giving as to keeping's give; as yes is to if,love is to yes ↗

— E.E. Cummings

#mystery #transcendence #imagination

These were not the belongings of the past prisoner he had imagined. These were a lady’s things—hairpins and stockings and a glove. There were more clues waiting but William no longer felt certain he wanted to know the dark secrets of this cell. ↗

— Gwenn Wright

#historical-fiction-mystery #mystery #romantic-suspence #suspense #von-strassenberg

No need to feel guilty if you can't be a good man all the time. But anytime your heart is feeling so eager to do even a small good deed, then it might be a good chance for you… to be a better man. ↗

— Toba Beta

#chance #deed #feeling #good #life

Life isn't as magical here, and you're not the only one who feels like you don't belong, or that it's better somewhere else. But there ARE things worth living for. And the best part is you never know what's going to happen next. ↗

— O.R. Melling

#persistence #reward #worthwhile #life

Live life to the fullest and never forget the people that supported you along the way. ↗

— Dorothy W. Cosey

#fiction #mystery-and-crime-drama #romantic-suspense #life

When I think of existence, I cannot help but wonder, "What is life, anyway?" Where do I fit in the grand scheme of life? What is the point of it, anyway? Is this a test—and if so, am I passing it? ↗

— C.J. Sinclair

#life #mystery #purpose #life

My life is my book, but I can't read it. ↗

— Marty Rubin

#mystery #the-unknown #life

These black times go as they come and we do not know how they come or why they go. But we know that God controls them, as he controls the whole vast cobweb of the mystery of things. ↗

— Elizabeth Goudge

#god #mystery-of-life #life