Top 35 Elizabeth Camden Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “It seems like everything sleeps in winter, but it’s really a time of renewal and reflection.”

— Elizabeth Camden

2. “Chocolate always makes everything better, don’t you think?”

— Elizabeth Camden

3. “Nonsense, I grew up on a farm. Animals are food, not friends.”

— Elizabeth Camden

4. “Even now, a pull of energy and a sense of purpose gathered momentum inside her. A life of great purpose and fulfillment lay before her, if she could just be bold enough to step through the door into the unknown.”

— Elizabeth Camden

5. “She smelled of lemon and sunshine and a thousand Summer days filled with laughter.”

— Elizabeth Camden

6. “How curious that sometimes objects became more beautiful as they weathered the storms and traumas of the world. What caused some wood to rot and decay into nothing, while other pieces of wood became burnished, splendid, and tougher under the relentless assault of the pounding ocean current?”

— Elizabeth Camden

7. “I’ve been alone most of my life because I’m the only person in the world I can rely on. For a few days I deluded myself into thinking you were someone I could believe in. That I could trust you and lean on you, that you would never lie to me. What a mistake I made.”

— Elizabeth Camden

8. “Don’t you have any pride?” she snapped. He blanched, but she was too angry to stop. “You’re like a stray dog I can’t get rid of. I want nothing to do with you. Not with your business, not with you. Just go away. Please, just go and stay away.”

— Elizabeth Camden

9. “And why is that?” he asked softly. “Because you don’t scare me anymore.” She placed her other hand on his chest. “You used to intimidate me down to my toes, but since the fire, everything is different. I can be myself around you. Flaws and all.” “You don’t have any flaws.”

— Elizabeth Camden

10. “Grief freshens our perspective on life; it helps us appreciate the blessings we’ve been showered with. ‘Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”

— Elizabeth Camden

11. “God has created a huge, complex tapestry with our lives. It’s got shadows and darkness shot through with highlights of gold. We can never go back and undo those threads and weave them into something else.”

— Elizabeth Camden

12. “Metaphors are something grown-ups use when they can’t set troublesome boys on fire.”

— Elizabeth Camden

13. “Was there anything more inspiring than being able to look up and see oneself surrounded by thousands of books all the way to the ceiling three stories above?”

— Elizabeth Camden

14. “Anna’s words from long ago came back to him. “We are all beautiful but broken people. Jesus forgives us, even when we don’t deserve it. That’s a pretty good reason to be forgiving.”

— Elizabeth Camden

15. “I’m going to need help, and I need someone who is fearless. Someone who isn’t afraid to stand up to dragons and battle them day after day. Our results may not show promise for years. Our patients will die. There will be days when you feel so beaten down you’ll want to crawl home and give up. But I’ll need you to get up, dust yourself off, and be ready to wage battle the next day.” He locked eyes with her. “I need someone who wants to win as badly as I do. That is why I want you for this job.”

— Elizabeth Camden

16. “Kate was the best thing he’d done in his professional career, and he could handle anything so long as she didn’t leave him.”

— Elizabeth Camden

17. “She embodied laughter and optimism and steadfast determination. Being with her felt like wind in his sails.”

— Elizabeth Camden

18. “No matter how miserable his morning, all he had to do was walk within ten feet of Kate and listen to her sling an insult at him and he felt better.”

— Elizabeth Camden

19. “Happiness was not an abundance of riches or amusements, it was evenings such as these, when people were engaged in a worthy pursuit and surrounded by kindred spirits. It.”

— Elizabeth Camden

20. “Kate, I can’t live my life in the shadow of your fears.”

— Elizabeth Camden

21. “He squeezed his eyes shut, his heart beginning to split. Reaching out to hold her was stupid and he was bound to pay for it, but sometimes he needed her so badly. He simply needed. Needed to know he wasn’t alone. Needed the solid warmth of another person who cared.”

— Elizabeth Camden

22. “Dreams are hard,” he said. “You work toward them, struggle and sacrifice, but that doesn’t always mean you will get there. I used to believe if I wanted something badly enough, I was destined to win it as long as I never gave up trying.”

— Elizabeth Camden

23. “Whenever she was with him, it was as if she could dream bigger, see farther.”

— Elizabeth Camden

24. “And for once, I want you to snap out of that hidebound practicality that sucks all the joy out of life. Were you an Indian, your spirit name would be Dream Killer.”

— Elizabeth Camden

25. “You don’t believe in writing in books?” “Of course not. Nor do I dog-ear the pages, crack book spines, underline passages, or otherwise mistreat government property.”

— Elizabeth Camden

26. “Mollie?” He placed his hand on her shoulder, willing her to look at him. “Mollie, let’s go someplace where we can talk,” he said gently. Her entire body stiffened. “I’ve got work to do,” she mumbled. Was it his imagination or did she inch a little closer to the blond man beside her? Zack grasped her elbow and leaned down to whisper in her ear. “Mollie, get your backside off that stool and come outside with me. I’ll buy you a pretzel, and you can tan my hide for being late.”

— Elizabeth Camden

27. “Tick’s eyes twinkled, and he drew a long sip of coffee. “Poor Kate... wanting to run the world and yet no one will let her.”

— Elizabeth Camden

28. “Do you know how long I’ve wanted you? You’re like sunlight and water and air to me. All you need to do is walk across my line of sight and my whole world lights up.”

— Elizabeth Camden

29. “He stayed true to his convictions, despite the overwhelming pressure to capitulate.”

— Elizabeth Camden

30. “Music could do that, create a magical oasis where nothing else mattered except hearing the next line of the score.”

— Elizabeth Camden

31. “So long as she had access to enough light to read, Anna could entertain herself for years.”

— Elizabeth Camden

32. “She wasn’t a woman of tremendous valor or daring heroism, but she’d always tried to lead her life in a way that would honor Jesus through small acts of goodness every day. Hour by hour, brick by brick, these small choices had slowly built a life of integrity.”

— Elizabeth Camden

33. “She was a better person for it. Wiser, sadder, but more confident of her true value in the world. Her heart was full to the breaking point, for echoes of that gilded age would live with her forever.”

— Elizabeth Camden

34. “God had never promised them a life free of sorrow, only the tools to hold and keep them through stormy days.”

— Elizabeth Camden

35. “The minister’s eyes widened, then dimmed in sorrow. “I’m sorry you have been led to believe that,” he said. “I can’t pretend to say I understand the grief that led your mother to reject the gift of life, but Jesus died on the cross for our sins, and that includes the sin of suicide. And nothing, not even your mother’s own destructive actions, can separate her from God’s eternal love. Do not let thoughts of this cause you to turn away from the gift of the Lord’s light.”

— Elizabeth Camden