The Vine and Brooke Reviews is a space for thoughtful reflections on books, with occasional essays and reviews of K-dramas and film, all viewed through a Christian perspective. Some posts explore deeper themes of faith and truth; others simply celebrate the beauty of good storytelling. Whether you are here for insight, inspiration, or quiet enjoyment, welcome.
Falling in Love with the Moth Faerie Prince: A Sweet Romantic Comedy by Camilla Evergreen After your sister finds her soulmate in a chihuahua shifter, and she spends her days curled up as a fluffy Pomeranian, you wonder if everything will be fixed if you go into her new world. When you hit the prince of your sister's new home, a moth faerie prince—with your pink car—you begin to believe that this might be the opportunity for your harrowing thoughts to stop. Artistry and Craft Falling in Love with the Moth Faerie Prince may just be my favourite book in the (PARA)NORMAL series so. Firstly, I feel like in this novel, more than the other two, the author truly humanizes the fae, which is a feat considering the beautiful job she did with the other books. The parts that I found to be an improvement in Falling in Love with My Chihuahua Shifter—like the meta-references or bringing real franchises in from the "real" world—I found to be even better i...
Fictional books can be tools that God uses at times for our benefit. Fiction books can lead us into introspection and reflection, piercing us and encouraging us towards goodness and even goodness ' ultimate source. Over the period of my reading journey, many books have stuck with me, changing me more into the type of person I want to become—like Christ— or comforting me in my lived experience, some even pointing me towards the ultimate goodness—God—helping me understand biblical concepts in new ways.
This is a short compilation of collected quotes from some of my favourite books that I have read, or that I'm looking forward to getting around to read. I hope you, my lovely readers, enjoy the quotes, well-known and otherwise, in this post and maybe, you will be inspired or comforted by them too.
“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for? ... A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. That is my belief.”
“Don't be afraid of death, be afraid of the unlived life.”
"Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future."
“There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.”
“Life's got to be lived, no matter how long or short. You got to take what comes.”
“A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.”
“You will not always be the wisest, nor the strongest, nor the bravest. That is why we need friends. They will guide you down the right path, no matter how dark it grows.”
“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
“Everything's a wheel, turning and turning, never stopping... That's the way it's supposed to be. That's the way it is.”
“Paths are made by walking.”
“I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.”
“'Things act according to their natures,' he said. 'But sometimes our natures are complicated.'”
“Better to build new bridges, he thought, than to pine after what’s been washed away.”
"One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts."
“Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.”
“There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.”
"Even as friends by their flattery pervert, so do our enemies in their taunts often correct us."
“—and start a little before the beginning, because we are usually wrong about where things begin.”
“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”
"Sleeping on a dragon's hoard with greedy, dragonish thoughts in his heart, he had become a dragon himself."
“Learn what you can. Use what you learn. You have not failed yet.”
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
"Courage, dear heart,"
I hope you've enjoyed this compilation and that maybe you are inspired or comforted like I am when reading them. If you have any book quotes or movie quotes that have inspired or comforted you, feel free to leave them in the comments below😁🖤🖤🖤.
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