{"author":"Melanie Dickerson","author_id":"Melanie+Dickerson","total_quotes":27,"quotes":[{"text":"I should like the woman I choose to be very honest, generous, and to have a sincere faith in God, rather than mindlessly following the rules.","author":"Melanie Dickerson","tags":["faith-in-god","generousity","honesty","medieval-fairy-tale","melanie-dickerson","relationship-goals","religion","young-adult-romance"],"id":256,"author_id":"Melanie+Dickerson"},{"text":"Magdalen, the girl with pretty green eyes. Magdalen, who was smiling so warmly right now at Lenhart, who was attentive to Katrin even when she talked too much. She had been so gentle and concerned about his wounds, washing his face and bringing him fresh water to drink.","author":"Melanie Dickerson","tags":["christian-fiction","fairy-tale-retellings","goose-girl","historical-romance","melanie-dickerson"],"id":19217,"author_id":"Melanie+Dickerson"},{"text":"Promise me that if you get a chance to escape without me, you will do it. He won't kill me. Go find your men and come back for me.'  His eyelids and brows lowered. ' You don't know me very well or you wouldn't say such a thing. I won't leave you.","author":"Melanie Dickerson","tags":["escape","gisela","valten-gerstenberg"],"id":37826,"author_id":"Melanie+Dickerson"},{"text":"You have every right to be free, Miss Langdon. No one is denying you that. But freedom is only valuable if you use your freedom wisely.","author":"Melanie Dickerson","tags":["freedom","leorah-langdon"],"id":51239,"author_id":"Melanie+Dickerson"},{"text":"I will come back for you as soon as I can.' He stared at her, running a hand over his short beard. 'I was about to promise you that I will get back, but the truth is, I could get captured by my uncle and his men. Many other things could happen, and I don't want to leave you.","author":"Melanie Dickerson","tags":["fairytale-retelling","goose-girl","love","melanie-dickerson","romance"],"id":56478,"author_id":"Melanie+Dickerson"},{"text":"Why could he not have chosen some other woman? Why Avelina? But he knew why. It was because she had seemed good and kind and had expressed her thoughts without any false pride or pretense. He had admired her forthrightness and her compassion. And although he had never thought of a wife with strong opinions was a good thing, he actually found he liked her opinions-or at least admired her for having them. He wanted to get to know her, to know everything that was in her heart. He wanted to marry her and, surprising even himself, to love her.","author":"Melanie Dickerson","tags":["christian-fiction","christian-living","christian-romance","clean-romance","fairy-tale-retellings","faith","melanie-dickerson","young-adult-romance"],"id":63542,"author_id":"Melanie+Dickerson"},{"text":"Everyone will say I'm insane, but I don't care, Rose. Is it insane to marry the girl I love? A girl with golden brown hair, with gifts of beauty and goodness and storytelling?","author":"Melanie Dickerson","tags":["beauty","brown-hair","christian","goodness","insane","insanity","love","marry","rose","storytelling"],"id":77692,"author_id":"Melanie+Dickerson"},{"text":"Do you think God has a different purpose for every person,' Gisela asked, 'or is his purpose the same for everyone?'...'God wants us all to strive to grow more like Jesus, to become holy as he is holy, but God has a specific purpose for each person. How could it not be so? Everyone in a village cannot be a baker, because who would then make the candles or shoe the horses or grow the food? God says we are like a body. 'The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I don't need you.' And the head cannot say the feet, 'I don't need you.'''Does the Bible say that?''Oh, yes, and it says, 'Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is part of it.' Just as the villagers are part of a village and have different tasks, we all have tasks to do for the Lord God.","author":"Melanie Dickerson","tags":["purpose"],"id":101607,"author_id":"Melanie+Dickerson"},{"text":"She whispered, 'Even with a broken hand, you are the knight I'd most want and trust to rescue me-and I know you can do it. You are the boldest, bravest, most noble knight in the Holy Empire.","author":"Melanie Dickerson","tags":["bold","brave","gisela","knight-in-shining-armor","noble","valten-gerstenberg"],"id":115474,"author_id":"Melanie+Dickerson"},{"text":"Only the most passionate love could ever induce me to marry.","author":"Melanie Dickerson","tags":["leorah-langdon","love","marriage","matrimony"],"id":131117,"author_id":"Melanie+Dickerson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":27,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}