Lisa Tawn Bergren Quotes & Sayings

His eyes opened, and he stared at me. The morning light was streaming through the window,and my hair rolled in waves over either shoulder.
God has smiled upon me. I have the most beautiful wife in all the land. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Lia let out a low growl and moved her arrow to the base of his fat throat. "What do you think, Gabi? Would you like to see these nuptials through?"
"Not this day," I said
"How about on the morrow?" Marcello asked, smiling and lifting my hand to his lips. "If I am your groom?"
"Hold that eHarmony thought," Lia whispered in English. "We gotta get out of here. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Fear is not of the Lord. It is of the Enemy. Do not give in to it. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

God," she said, her tone gently reproving, "brought Mr.Kensington to you, and with him, a world of potential. As I see it, each of our lives is a journey, Miss Cora. A path that takes us over the mountain or down through a dark valley. But He never abandons us. Never. That is how He cares for us - walking with us every step of the way. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

I believe it is always possible to draw closer to our Lord, whether it be during times of suffering or during times of celebration. It is all life, and all of life comes from God. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Guys are just scared of beautiful girls, Dad said.
Sure, Dad, I said. Only ugly girls go to dances.
The right one will come around, he promised.
You'll see. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Fear and worry are the antithesis of faith, are they not?
Every time I give in to concern about tomorrow, even my next hour, I rob this hour, this day if strength, peace. The Maker holds all my days. Do I trust him with them or not? — Lisa Tawn Bergren

An armed woman will be more of a target knights on the prowl.
and unarmed women can find themselves without defines — Lisa Tawn Bergren

If you both care for each other more than you care for yourself, your marriage will endure all. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

We are well," Hugh said, looking me over with more intensity than seemed proper. "And you?"
"I'm well, thank you," I said, lying through my teeth. I'd been better the day I took to my bed with measles. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

If I were a lucky girl I would have won the lottery or something. Maybe I had, I thought, staring dreamily at Marcello. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Sometimes the heart tells us to venture where the mind fears to tread. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Beautiful Savior, King of creation, Son of God, and Son of Man! Truly I love Thee, Truly I serve Thee Light of my soul, my joy, my crown. Fair are the meadows, fair are the woodlands, Robed in flow'rs of blooming spring — Lisa Tawn Bergren

I'd been brief with her, not wanting her to stress over me and Lia. I mean, she knew I'd narrowly escaped death in freeing Lia from Castel o Paratore, but she didn't know all of the details. That, like, I'd almost been killed a dozen times. You just didn't tell your mom that kind of thing - not if you were trying to keep her from rushing you off to some safe tower. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

We all belong to Him, from the cradle to the grave, whether we know it or not. And He'll see justice done in His own time and in His own way. Now if we trust in Him, that's all we have to think about. I'm not saying it's easy. I'm just saying it's what I think we're go do. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Lia aimed, shifted and waited, watching one man peek out time and time again. She let her arrow fly anticipating his next peek at us and it pierced his eye.
"Okay that's just going to make 'em mad " I said.
"Three hundred and ninety-two " she said to Luca tossing her braid over her shoulder and taking aim again.
"Saints in heaven " he said to me rolling his eyes "how much deeper in love can I yet fall? — Lisa Tawn Bergren

He smiled at me with that grin ... and I floated across the floor to him, my handsome prince. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

I'm an introvert who can fake being an extrovert. I love people, but they exhaust me. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

One man's poison is another's elixir. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

In a new country, it helps to remember the things that were good once, the things we want to recreate now. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

And sometimes, sometimes, wanting things, wishing for, working for them, is a good thing. Otherwise, we become nothing but spoiled boys and girls frustrated that we don't get every new toy we see. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

I think the truth to living fully is to appreciate what we have, day by day, regardless of what we know might come our way. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Fortes fortuna adiuvat, Marcello had said to his men. Fortune favors the brave, the bold. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

How good it felt, to do some good, here and there. Perhaps this was what it meant to be an adult. To grab the opportunity at hand, make the most of the day, regardless of what it looked like. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

I was hedging. I had no idea about what would happen if I told him something about the future.
Like that Siena would face a plague within a few years. And that Florence would eventually rule them.
What would happen if I let such things slip? All sorts of time/space continuum stuff might come crashing down. Or maybe it wouldn't.
I should've watched more Star Trek as a kid. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Nothing like the tour to show people how poorly they fit together. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

And what of your children?" I gestured to the others at the table. "The only thing that divides us from that laborer who toils far beneath the surface of the earth in our fathers' mines is the blood that runs through our veins."
"Or half our blood," Vivian said with a sniff.
"Vivian,"Mr Kensington warned.
I didn't flinch. "Half my blood, then," I said with a prim nod back at Vivian. "But if I cut open my wrist alongside yours, would it not appear as the very same red? Despite your effort to be a blueblood, sister, you are as red-blooded as I. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Rodolfo lifted Alessandra's hand to his lips and kissed it. 'I have loved you, Alessandra. Do not forget that. Thank you ... thank you for loving me.' She wept, curling her head in toward his good shoulder. 'Do not leave me, Rodolfo. Do not leave us. Chiara ... and the baby ... — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Her attention was on the first knight, pulling back his bowstring, taking aim. She paused, sensed the wind and revised her aim, then let the arrow fly.
I watched, as if in slow motion, as it shot across the space and split through the first knight's throat.
But Lia was not done. She was already on one knee, squinting and taking aim at the second as he turned, spotting us. She let the next arrow fly, and the arrow struck him in the chest, driving him backward over the parapet wall.
"Saints in heaven, I believe I'm in love," Luca growled, running past me, sword drawn. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

For the first time that day, I felt as if I could breathe. As if this, this was what God was leading me to. Waiting, abiding, resting. Enjoying what was rather than fearing what might be or resenting what had come before. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

How much did we do in life that was the result of what others around us demanded? Rather than what God was calling us to do? — Lisa Tawn Bergren

I smiled. He had come for me. Saved me. How many times would this man save my life? — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Fantasizing about an Italian hottie was far better than my normal dreams. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Money. Man is always motivated by money, my dad said to me once. It can work for us, or it can enslave us. Even when we have much, we feel like we need more. No matter how much we have. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

They shall never believe that a young lord of Siena would march directly into their camp."
"And if they do?"
He gave me another small smile. "Then my beloved lady shall have to come and rescue me."
"Us," Luca corrected him, slurring his words now. "Have to rescue us."
He adjusted Luca across his shoulders. "Stay with me, Luca," he said sternly.
"Can't get much closer m'lord," Luca mumbled. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Were they laughing at me? I forced myself to block them from my mind, to concentrate on the lake, the water. What were they to me? People I met today, that was all. We shared blood. The One who mattered to me still found me worthy, still loved me, whether I knew when to curtsy properly or not. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Prayer is prayer, regardless of where you are. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Together, come what may. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Because never had I hated another human being more than I hated Paratore in that moment. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

It mattered not where they were married. It only mattered that they were together and never parted again. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Okay, try this on for size, Tall, Dark and Handsome. I won't be born for almost seven hundred hundred years. How's that strike you? — Lisa Tawn Bergren

My kingdom for a flush toilet. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

We all have freedom of choice. Over and over again, minute by minute. How will you live your life? For yourself Or for others? For something good? For love? Love. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Sometimes fear is something we must battle through. Other times it's something the Lord gives us to warn us to take heed. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

I finally meet a guy who's interesting and who seems to have a half-interest in me and it is TOTALLY the wrong time and place. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

What could I do, to make the most of this day, whether I was in my own day, or this one? What amazing history was I seeing firsthand? Would I embrace it, instead of crying and whining? Was it in me to be grateful for my situation? Truly in me? — Lisa Tawn Bergren

I am here for a reason. This is no haphazard mistake. What good can I do with what I have? — Lisa Tawn Bergren

If he lived in my time, Marcello would've been in the running for Sexiest Man Alive in People. Rich, powerful, and hotter than wasabi, he was a force.
(Kindle Locations 766-767). — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Loyalty is not loyalty unless one clings to it in the face of adversity. No? — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Love is always meant to be. Always, always, always. It is our sin, our folly, our feeble eyes that lead us astray. But love ... love is love. Beyond us. Otherworldly. Godly. We capture a bit of the heavenly and hold it close and then it escapes us. We are so foolish, letting it depart! That is when tragedy occurs. Love ... love is always meant to be. It may escape us, but it hovers nearby, waiting to be recaptured, held close. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Don't you agree? Swordplay is a dance of sorts, an understanding of the logical, most sophisticated next step. Except that in a fight, one must take the unexpected step. In dance it is all about taking the right, expected step. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

He hesitated, as if wrestling with the desire to cross the space between us and kiss me until I admitted I was just a tiny bit in love with him too. But he didn't. He didn't. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

I think the trick to living fully," I said, thinking through each word, "is to appreciate what we have, day by
day, regardless of what we know might come our way." I took a breath and slowly looked from one of my
parents to the other. "If I live in fear of what might be, how can I truly live my life to the full in the present? And
if I do not give myself to the day, to hope, to life, what do I miss?" I raised my eyebrows and shook my head.
"Life itself, I think. At least the way I wanna live it. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

My eyes shifted to the trickling river. Come spring, it would be ten times as wide and just as deep. On and on it went, rushing toward the distant horizon. Like time. Like life. Sometimes gently falling from one pool into the other, other times fast and cascading, and still other times narrowing into a funnel, a torrent of knots and waves. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

You can't be any earthly good if your head is always in the heavens. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Only one sort of man is worse than an Italian when it comes to their appetite for women."
"Oh? And what is that?"
"A Frenchmen. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

You had to admire a guy who wanted to keep you from death. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Twelve men in Forelli gold galloped past in pursuit, so fast I barely caught a glimpse. I edged out, torn between crying out to them and hesitating to interfere in a chase. But as I stepped forward, I knew that the man at the front was Marcello. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

And then we were gone, cascading back to the future. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

And sometimes, God asks us to wrestle with the unfamiliar until it becomes our new familiar. Until we can breathe freely in that new place. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

To him, the day was what was offered, not what wasn't. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

I looked up and beyond him again, focusing in on the horror that swords, arrows, clubs, and staffs left behind on human flesh. The open wounds. The blood, The brokenness. The inglorious remains of war. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

How dare you - "
"How dare I offer you more than you could've ever dreamed?"
"How dare you waltz in here and presume - "
"Presume to prescribe a future with hope and promise?"
I shut my mouth abruptly, glaring at him. Then, "Are you quite finished?"
"Are you?" he asked.
"I am a free woman, Mr.Kensington. Grown. I can do as I wish.I may be blood kin to you, but I am not your employee." My eyes cut to Mama, but hers remained on the barn.
"Regardless, you shall do as I say."
I let out a sputtering, exasperated laugh. "And if I do not?"
He traced the edge of his chipped china saucer. "That would be ill advised. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

I nodded, pretending to be a hundred times more courageous than I felt.
But that was the thing about courage. Sometimes you had to fake it to feel it. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

I have always loved you ... Since the first day I saw you, and even more with each day. The loving of you threatens to undo me now. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

I read once that courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision that something is more important than that fear. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

To not try at all is a form of murder itself. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

He moved to kiss my forehead, my eyes, my cheeks, my lips for several long, searching moments.
Right then, I wished we could stay together. Forever. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision that something is more important than fear. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Life is not something we can manage or control. It's something we negotiate every time the path takes a turn. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

I believe this country has already been painted by the hand of God. We can cover it over with our own creations, but it will merely mar what is already perfect — Lisa Tawn Bergren

And isn't part of your life doing something with the gifts God has given you? — Lisa Tawn Bergren

There is no place for fear, Ailith," Niero said, easily reading it in our faces. "Guard against it. The presence of fear denies the power of the Maker and invites the enemy to use it for his own purposes. And where the Maker sends us, we are to go in complete trust. We have been called." He put out his hand, using the leading phrase our trainer had always used. We all placed our hands atop his. "And we shall answer," we said as one. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

She glanced left and right, all wide-eyed and innocent. Innocent as a streetwalker. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

If I live in fear of what might be, how can I truly live my life to the full in the present? And if I do not give myself to the day, to hope, to life, what do I miss? — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Don't rehearse your problems, Dad always said. Meaning, we were only supposed to go through our problems when they were actually upon us. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer He makes our sorrowing spirit sing. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

We are attempting to play God, when maybe God put us
here in the first place." Father Tomas's words by the stream came back to me. I could see his stick in the
river, the water dividing on either side. "We can only move forward with what we have been given. Negotiate
the river of life. Of time. And we've been given this," I pleaded, waving at our circle. "Family. Love. Joy. Life.
Can we not embrace it, for as long as we have it? Isn't it what we all most dearly want, deep down? — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Well, hello there," I said, "you big, beautiful overgrown passageway." I looked over to Lia. "Let's confuse 'em a little. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

If I wasn't so happy he was alive, I would've killed him. — Lisa Tawn Bergren