Paula Gruben Quotes

“The books you have read and the knowledge and inspiration you have gained can never be taken away from you.”

“The truly noble heart sacrifices itself for others’ good, to defend the weak and the good against evil. To a heart like this, a heart devoted to chivalry, courage is a matter of form.”

“Everyone wants to procreate, have a miniature version of themselves running around, to carry on the family line.”

“Thank God for books, for validating your feelings, and letting you know you’re not alone.”

“I’m so glad to hear you are a reader, and you found these books to help you work through things on your own.”

“For all her faults, it was actually my mom who instilled in me a love of reading, and books, for which I will always be grateful. She’s a complete bibliophile, so I’ve pretty much grown up around libraries and books.”

“It’s such a relief to know these are universal truths for so many of us in the adoption triad. Gosh, how much easier things could have been for you, for me, and your folks, if literature like this had been around, say, five, ten years ago, when we could’ve all really used it.”

“When we are in Christ His goals are now our goals, and we are to be busy with his work on earth.”

“Sometimes God speaks to a man in a whisper… But sometimes His Spirit explodes in a man suddenly, lighting up in shocking crimson brilliance the cowardly and sullied things he’s let his drowsy soul become mired in, and bringing unlooked for tears at the glimpse of the man he ought to have been all along. With that despairing realization the astounding truth blossoms like a bursting field of wildflowers or a brilliant new dawn shooting from the peak of a dark hill, that because of Christ’s work for him, he can change.”

“To be a good ruler one must be the best of servants.”