Kendra Sorenson Quotes

The only furniture in the dank space was a flimsy cot. Water dripped steadily in one corner. A hole in the floor appeared to serve as a latrine. What most caught Kendra's eye were the messages scratched on the wall. She roamed the cell, reading the crudely inscribed phrases.

"Seth rules!

Welcome to Seth's House.

Seth rocks!

Seth was here. Now it's your turn.

Seth Sorenson forever.

Enjoy the food!

If you're reading this, you can read.

All roads lead to Seth.

Is it still dripping?

Seth haunts these halls.

You're in a Turkish prison!

Seth is the man!

Use the meal mats as toilet paper." And so forth.

Cold, hopeless, and alone, Kendra found herself giggling at the messages her brother had scrawled. He must have been so bored! ~ Brandon Mull

The only way to take command of your life is to realize that you are never going to be in control of it. ~ Toni Sorenson

Addiction doesn't hurt you nearly as much as it hurts the ones who love you because you numb your pain, they don't. ~ Toni Sorenson

The reason for the season is Christ. Let's not forget that. ~ Toni Sorenson

Go for broke, my friends. Straighten your spine when you step to the podium. Trust your own tongue. Believe that your weary legs will hold you until you reach the finish line. And reach it you will if you give it your all. Fall if you must, crawl if you must, but don't you dare give up or give in until you've made it to the end. For at the end is where your great reward will be to begin anew. A new chance. A new life. A new you. ~ Toni Sorenson

Think about what you are thinking about. Be aware of your own thoughts! ~ Toni Sorenson

Our imperfections make us unique as surely as our strengths. ~ Toni Sorenson

When People Ask

How he's doing now, I have

no idea what to say except for,

"Better." I don't know if that's

true, or what goes on in a place

like Aspen Springs, not that any-

one knows he's there, thank God.

He has dropped off most people's

radar, although that's kind of odd.

Before he took this unbelievable

turn, Conner was top rung on our

social ladder. But with his crash

and burn no longer news of the day,

all but a gossipy few have quit

trying to fill in the blanks.

One exception is Kendra, who

for some idiotic reason still

loves him and keeps asking about

him, despite the horrible way he

dumped her. Kendra may be pretty,

but she's not especially bright. ~ Ellen Hopkins

Breaking up is like unsticking your fingers after you've Superglued them. Love's the glue and no matter how slow and carefully you separate, you're going to lose a little bit of yourself in the process. You're also going to retain a little DNA from the one you lost. ~ Toni Sorenson

Miracles happen when dreamers take action. ~ Toni Sorenson

If you want to experience the true meaning of Christmas, give something to someone who can offer nothing in return. ~ Toni Sorenson

Never tell a depressed person to "Cheer up." Unless you want them to tell you to "Shut up. ~ Toni Sorenson

Don't let the brownies bite. ~ Brandon Mull

A woman's belly is the garden of life. Her mind is the gateway to meaning. Her heart is the source of love. And her eyes are the light by which the whole world sees beauty. ~ Toni Sorenson

I challenge you to make your life the masterpiece you want to paint, the novel you want to read, the day you want to wake to. ~ Toni Sorenson

Your body is made to move so move it. ~ Toni Sorenson

How we feel is not who we are. We might feel like failures, but as long as we are still trying, we are not failures. We are works in progress. ~ Toni Sorenson

Because no one ever wanted to admit to being in love. Love was too confusing and traitorous to the self. Too dangerous. ~ Kendra L. Saunders

To improve quality of life, to evolve into a better version of ourselves, to pause in recognition of blessings with only our name on the tag, to dance in graitutde, to embrance with abandon, to give without receiving, to seek the face of God ... all this and more is why we exisit. ~ Toni Sorenson

Deciding to do it and actually doing it are two very different things. ~ Toni Sorenson

Be good or be gone. ~ Toni Sorenson

Christmas magic starts in the heart. ~ Toni Sorenson

Meaning is often found embedded in the silent moments of our lives when we can hear and see what matters most, the things audible and visible only to the spirit. ~ Toni Sorenson

Women who don't like the rules change the rules. ~ Toni Sorenson

We labor under the great delusion that we are in control.
Silly humans. ~ Toni Sorenson

Hot cocoa and cold toes remind me of Christmas. ~ Toni Sorenson

Always be aware of what you are thinking. Pay attention to your thoughts because they drive the direction of your life. ~ Toni Sorenson

Update your version of me because I'm not the same person I was before. If you don't get that, you don't get me. ~ Toni Sorenson

You'll never get it if you can't see yourself having it. ~ Toni Sorenson

Your future is brighter than your past was dark. ~ Toni Sorenson

Respect is not so different from love," said Jill Anna. "And he's a young man quite worthy of it. I'd rather hear that you respect him, and don't love him, than love him, and not respect him. Love can grow from respect, but love without respect will crumble away. ~ Kendra E. Ardnek

No matter our sins or our sufferings, we are not isolated or abandoned. Christ is there for us, in good times and bad, and if we know how to follow Him, how to walk in His footsteps, then the road home doesn't seem quite so treacherous or impossible to scale. ~ Toni Sorenson

Intuition is a woman's gift that comes packaged in responsibility. If we don't change the world for good, who will? ~ Toni Sorenson

A little thought thought over and over becomes the thought that changes everything. Always choose to believe the best about yourself. ~ Toni Sorenson

If you hate what you get for Christmas, try to focus on the person who gave the gift to you, not what came in the box. ~ Toni Sorenson

If you're truly friends, then you don't just offer a little whisp of your love. You unzip your chest, reach in and pull your heart out and says, "It's all yours - please keep it beating. ~ Toni Sorenson

My grandmother caught me climbing the highest tree in her yard, the one we were all forbidden to attempt. All five feet of her stood tall as she tilted her head back and squinted up at me. "Well, don't stop now," she said. "If you're going to fall no use doing it from the halfway point. Keep climbing and let's see just how high you can go. ~ Toni Sorenson

Stop trying to figure it out first. Sometimes you just have to do it. ~ Toni Sorenson

If Christ is missing from your life, it isn't because He is lost. ~ Toni Sorenson

My mother smoked two packs of cigarettes a day. Before she smoked her first cigarette, she was free to choose whether or not she would smoke. After awhile, her freedom reverted to Satan - so it would seem. The choice was no longer hers - so it would seem. Her mind and body were attacked with nicotine cravings that got so bad she would sometimes sacavage through garbage cans for butts when she'd run short on full cigarettes.
I watched, baffled at how something so small and so disgusting to me could have such power over my mother. That's the thing about addiction - it binds us one choice at a time. That's also the good news about addition - you can unravel the hold it has on you - one choice at a time. ~ Toni Sorenson