Amy – Quotes

BEAUTIFUL is stark, disquieting

BEAUTIFUL is stark, disquieting and, quite simply, riveting. Amy Reed is an author to keep on your radar. Ellen Hopkins

I’m a huge fan

I’m a huge fan of the program Democracy Now, which is hosted by Amy Goodman, and I subscribe to the podcast. Ellen Page

By the time they were pulling into the parking lot of the A&P, the mood was fading, the moment gone. Amy could feel it go. Perhaps it was nothing more than the two doughnuts expanding in her stomach full of milk, but Amy felt a heaviness begin, a familiar turning of some inward tide. As … Read more

We are not asked

We are not asked to SEE,\” said Amy. \”Why need we when we KNOW?\” We know–not the answer to the inevitable Why, but the incontestable fact that it is for the best. \”It is an irreparable loss, but is it faith at all if it is ‘hard to trust’ when things are entirely bewildering? Elisabeth … Read more

[Amy Carmichael\\’s] great longing

[Amy Carmichael’s] great longing was to have a \”single eye\” for the glory of God. Whatever might blur the vision God had give her of His work, whatever could distract or deceive or tempt other to seek anything but the Lord Jesus Himself she tried to eliminate. Elisabeth Elliot

Breathes life into a

Breathes life into a vital but oft-neglected chapter of our history. Amy Belding Brown has turned an authentic drama of Indian captivity into a compelling, emotionally gripping tale that is at once wrenching and soulful. Eliot Pattison

What are you trying

What are you trying to protect heterosexual marriages from? There isn’t a limited amount of love in Iowa. It isn’t a non-renewable resource. If Amy and Barbara or Mike and Steve love each other, it doesn’t mean that John and Mary can’t. Ed Fallon

I love people like

I love people like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, people who create and write their own stuff – especially when there’s just not enough cool, interesting characters out there. Debby Ryan

There’s a lot I

There’s a lot I don’t tell my father when he calls asking after Amy. He wouldn’t understand that she has no interest in getting married and was, in fact, quite happy to break up with her live-in boyfriend, whom she replaced with an imaginary boyfriend named Ricky. The last time she was asked out by … Read more

Amy adored both the

Amy adored both the new look and the new person it allowed her to be. Following the photo shoot, she wore her bruises to the dry cleaner and the grocery store. Most people nervously looked away, but on the rare occasions someone would ask what happened, my sister would smile as brightly as possible, saying, … Read more