Top 70 Nadine Brandes Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “It’s good to dream.”

— Nadine Brandes

2. “We understood that being left in the dark was far more despairing than dealing with the weight of the darkness.”

— Nadine Brandes

3. “It is if you separate the two- old life and new life. But once you learn that it’s all one life and each day is a new page, it gets a bit easier to let your story take an unexpected path.”

— Nadine Brandes

4. “The smithy handed me my new sword-a rapier. As rapiers went, it was the runt of the litter-a simple handle with barely and guard, matte grey blade, and seeming to dull the longer I looked at it. But it was mine. And even the most unimpressive sword can leave an impressive wound when in the hands of a practiced master.”

— Nadine Brandes

5. “I can never tell you.” “You can always tell me. To share your story is a choice. Don’t underestimate the healing that can come from daring not to suffer alone.”

— Nadine Brandes

6. “Have you no honor to stand for your beliefs?” “Standing for my beliefs isn’t always the same as standing for truth.”

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7. “Don’t strive to belong, Parvin. Your effort is much better placed elsewhere.”

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8. “With his mask and my sword, we could subdue even the shadows.”

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9. “We all have murder in our pasts – whether by action or by heart. But all of us have the chance of life in our futures. You can’t use your mistake to define who you are. That will destroy who you could be.”

— Nadine Brandes

10. “Your life was given to you.” Oma’s grey eyes sparked with orange fire. “A gift. And just because it’s yours doesn’t give you the right to end it.”

— Nadine Brandes

11. “The bond of our hearts spans miles, memory, and time.”

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12. “We need to fight for truth. Your beliefs can be misguided.”

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13. “Everyone deserves a chance to make right.”

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14. “You’ve had one moment of clarity and now you think you have all the answers.” She gave a grim smile. “Take a breath, Thomas. There has always been fear. There will always be fear. It’s up to us to stand tall, even when the fear demands we bow down to it.”

— Nadine Brandes

15. “All my life I was driven by the loyalty of caring for the people I loved... I was taught that nothing was more important than such care. But your family showed me differently. You cared equally as much about those you loved-you would do anything for them. But you also allowed yourselves to love... more. You loved your enemies. You loved your friends.”

— Nadine Brandes

16. “Ribbons! Long ones, short ones, ones for every mood.” He does a little dance to the singsong rhythm. “Thin ones, thick ones, and ones to tie your shoes!”

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17. “No amount of age, pride, or maturity could stop me from loving my papa with the heart of a little girl.”

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18. “I’m Parvin Blackwater and I’m very much alive!”

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19. “But she does it anyway, and I sit beside her... because strength is a choice.”

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20. “The best place to hide an item was on your person. But when you couldn’t manage that, the next best place was to hie it in plain view. People searched there last.”

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21. “That was how we sisters worked. When one was weak, another picked up the strength.”

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22. “But a man can be both soft and strong, maintaining a hope for the world.”

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23. “It is those who dream of the impossible who end up defying the very world.”

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24. “My train of thought felt rebellious, but also... organic. Cleansing. Like that was what men were supposed to do. Be seekers of the answers and the truth. To be above the influence and opinions of the outspoken.”

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25. “My blood is my crime.”

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26. “I want to finally love rightly.”

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27. “How many of us acted and spoke out and fought for beliefs that we held because our environment told us to? As much as I wanted to blame my England, I knew the blame sat with me. I hadn’t trained myself to discern. To examine. To seek the source.”

— Nadine Brandes

28. “Give me back my eggs.”

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29. “She saw me and time seemed to stop. For one synchronized heartbeat I was all she saw. She was alive. She was safe... for now. Despite the dagger wound. She was so beautiful that my chest felt like it was the one the dagger in it.”

— Nadine Brandes

30. “Love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. I don’t think He wants us to keep asking and dwelling on His specific plan or will. He wants us to dwell on and seek Him. Then our decisions will be made from our love for and relationship with Him. We are free to take action in whatever means we want as long as we seek Him and allow Him to guide us.”

— Nadine Brandes

31. “Me. I can’t be shaken because I’m God’s. I like the idea of Him shaking the world to see what’s left standing, and all that remains is shalom.”

— Nadine Brandes

32. “A coward I might be, but at least I was a free one.”

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33. “But my task wasn’t over yet. Now I’d been equipped to do what I must.”

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34. “I know men tend to be injury-prone – they’re explorers, after all – but Reid never seemed to get hurt this often. Solomon will have quite the scar collection.”

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35. “But I wasn’t the only one with a gaping wound inside. We would all have to carry this pain.”

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36. “Peace, quiet, and safety are all well. But community and relationships are what truly fill a person’s life.”

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37. “But labels, names, or skin colour don’t matter... we’re children of Christ.”

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38. “I think it was warmer in Antarctica.”

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39. “Papa always said that tears were the most fervent prayers, so I let them flow.”

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40. “Maybe that’s what God means every time He tells us to rise up. To rise above the small things, the small struggles that chip away our identity and leave us lost.”

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41. “Amazing that, amidst such beauty, He would decide to even look at me, let alone call me to join Him in a quest for shalom. This journey will not fail. It cannot fail when He is the leader.”

— Nadine Brandes

42. “Revenge would have shattered us both. But you’ve given us the opportunity to be strong. To mend our hearts instead of break them further.”

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43. “God doesn’t make empty Numbers.”

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44. “I’m not telling you my reasoning behind everything, Skelley. Even you know that’d be foolish of me.”

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45. “Because someday, Parvin Blackwater, I want you to marry me.”

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46. “I liked forbidden things.”

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47. “But perhaps bravery meant entering into a storm you already knew would destroy you.”

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48. “I’ve come so far with Him... and yet I still remain so far from what I could be.”

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49. “You find joy in so many little things. For once... I want to see joy find you. Surprise you. You deserve it.”

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50. “So why did I come for her? Why did I allow emotions to control me? Emotions were deceptive. They made men do foolish things.”

— Nadine Brandes