“Bulldog grunted. And I knew the matter was settled. My pulse thrummed with excitement. I was going to marry Juliana Wessex.”

“Hardships are the Lord's greatest blessings to the believer. Without them we would love the Lord only for what He does for us. Our troubles teach us to love Him for who He is." Sister Norton in "The Preacher's Bride”

“We have no control over the future. We can only make the most of the present.”

“My vanity suggested I should take offense, but the deeper part of me was relieved- relieved that he was noble enough to want to make such a sacrifice from his heart rather than from his desire to impress me.”

“But she'd learned instead to hope in the one Beacon that would always be there, no matter what darkness came her way.”

“You can't be perfect. No one is. That's why we need God.”

“Her face a mask of fury and determination.”

“You're safe now.”

“And the only hope-perhaps the real hope he'd been missing all along-was found in God.”

“The love within them shone as brightly as the lighthouse beam on the darkest, stormiest night. It broke through her confusion and heartache and filled her with a warm glow.”

“You challenge me to be a better person. And no one else does that, except maybe my mother.”