Connilyn Cossette Quotes

She gently placed her palm on my wounded shoulder and the warmth of her hand did nearly as much to soothe the ache as did the ointment. If only she would continue touching me, allow us to forge something new together from the broken pieces of our past. Her willing presence in my life would be far more healing than any balm ~ Connilyn Cossette

She tipped her head back and laughed with gusto, the sound so full and lovely that my own amusement crashed to a halt and I could do nothing but stare. The notes of her laughter twirled through the air like butterflies alight on the breeze. ~ Connilyn Cossette

There was no use wondering about the past. ~ Connilyn Cossette

The Arameans can try to blow out a few flames - and they may succeed for a time - but there is no stamping out a raging wildfire. ~ Connilyn Cossette

Our family was built atop the ruins of tragedy, Rivkah, each brick fashioned from mercy. You will find no stones in their palms. ~ Connilyn Cossette

But still she fled, leaving me battered and bleeding among the remnants of my brother's life, each of her parting footfalls another blow to the dream I'd not deserved, but had foolishly dared to hope for. ~ Connilyn Cossette

There is no army, no fortress, no giant that can stand against our God. No one. I have seen with my own eyes. I have walked through the bottom of the sea. On dry ground. I have watched as he humiliated Egypt and brought the mighty Pharaoh low. ~ Connilyn Cossette

Someone once told me that Yahweh would make himself known to me, if I searched. And he did. Perhaps he will make himself known to you. ~ Connilyn Cossette

Smile. You look as though you are headed to your execution, not your betrothal." Are they not one and the same? ~ Connilyn Cossette

Pharaoh is not the highest god, and Moses will prove it to him. ~ Connilyn Cossette

The broken pieces will make this vessel even better. ~ Connilyn Cossette

Sex slavery in all forms is an assault on human life. ~ Connilyn Cossette

Our people, our land, and our entire way of life was at stake, and if I had to give my own life for this mission, I would. ~ Connilyn Cossette

The hair I'd yanked too many times to count shone in the sunlight, trailing down her back like liquid obsidian. ~ Connilyn Cossette

The mountains will fall to dust before I will ever give up on my daughter. ~ Connilyn Cossette

The consequences of our foolish decisions are always made clearer when we look backward on the path we've traveled. ~ Connilyn Cossette

The dance of ink over finely woven plant fibers became an act of worship, a connection to the Creator of language himself, especially when the words of a new song spilled from my heart onto a sheet of papyrus. ~ Connilyn Cossette

When had my sister's words become so barbed and poisoned? Grief had sharpened her tongue to a fine point. ~ Connilyn Cossette

He said to himself that he really had not suffered enough to deserve such radiant happiness, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted that he, a miserable man, should be so loved by this innocent being.
Jean Valjean about Cossette ~ Victor Hugo