Atonement Quotations Novels & Stories

“I have been called a lot of things in my life, but a hopeless drunk wasn’t one of them. I admit I failed both my fathers and fell deep into temptation. The devil thought he had me down, but God…never again. I’m coming clean Amen!” Everyone clapped and the shouting began again. Antonio only got more relaxed in his seat. Once he felt something from the beautiful choir and the heavenly singing, but now he only felt disgust. Harold hugged his son again and proceeded to dip him into the small pool of holy water as he quoted a verse out of the bible.

A/P "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Pain is temporary, Quitting lasts forever." ~A/N

“Why are we sitting here? Oh I spoke too soon, she does have a question. “Read page one hundred and three.” “I haven’t gotten to it.” She looks at me confused. “Please, I’m trying to see if I will want to read this book based on a random page.” “Oh.” She says opening the book to the page I requested of her. “-Beg for salvation. I did, on my knees, every night… Atone for your sins. Repent.” She begins, “ Marrying Killian and staying in this relationship was my atonement. Redemption is in the hands of the one you have wronged. Too bad for me, the man I had wronged hated me with every ounce of his being. I had come to understand that maybe, I would never find the redemption I was seeking. Not i

said one deacon, a Blue-eyed. Father Jonathan shook his head and replied, "Be ye strong, my children. It is written that fear ye not him who kills the body alone, but him who kills both the body and the soul, that's the Lord. And I tell you, though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we will fear no evil: for he is with us; his rod and his staff, they comfort us. He will deliver us from a fowler's snare. We are the children of the most high, be ye not... ." A loud bang came from the gate, then shortly afterwards, the watchman walked in panting.

It made him want to run faster. Because that was the most terrifying part. Anton would wait. He would endure Sabatine’s fear, his ghosts, his inevitable failures. He would love him through it. And that kind of steadfast love was a debt Sabatine wasn’t sure he could ever repay. He’d spent his life balancing ledgers of guilt and atonement. This was a ledger with only one side—a bottomless column of grace being deposited in his name. It was overwhelming. A memory surfaced, unbidden. From the cottage in Cornwall. Anton’s voice, rough with exhaustion: “You are a tested thing. A proven thing. Every scar… is a stress-test you survived.”

"Davin, thank you for bringing Kathy back." Davin averted his gaze, his eyes carrying a subtle warmth. With an elegant demeanor, he poured a cup of tea for Dad and said with a smile, "Don't mention it. It's my honor that Kathy chose me."

I don’t reply and he sucks in a breath, and I hear him head to the door. “Good night.” He says quietly. I don’t reply. The door opens and I close my eyes as it shuts with a small snap. I drop onto the sofa, gripping the edges as I hang my head. Atticus has an almost identical birthmark. There are three points. The Sublime Triquetra… Repercussion, Retribution and Redemption. The Sable Triquetra… Revenge, Retribution and Rebirth Trifecta needed to purge the world.

I said with conviction. “On the third day, you rose again.” “On the third day, you rose again.” I said in awe. “So, I might be justified.” “So, I might be justified.” I gushed. “Thank you, Jesus, for saving me.” “Thank you, Jesus, for saving me.” I said with a voice laced in appreciation and soaked with tears. “Amen!” “Amen!”

He was wearing a black suit with a white shirt inside. He went and took her hands. "Rose. I have practised this scene in my dreams everyday for a long time but I still don't know what to say today as I actually stand in front of you. All I know is that you complete me and that there is no Andrew without his Rose. Everyday when I look into the mirror, I see you instead of me. When someone calls me, it is you who I hear and hope to see. You are everywhere throughout me. You're in my mind as my thoughts, in my eyes as dreams, in my mouth as words, in my arms as my greatest strength, in my legs as my eternal destination, in my veins as my blood and in my heart as my heartbeats. Each and every on

Amen. Forget wounds. Breed in life. You breathe. You be surprise. Right. Light of day, just bright. Amen. That’s life. That be life for you and me. Amen. Create self new, not by revenge alone, but by love for weak too. You aren’t weak anymore. You have strength with which you stand, with which you stood. Amen. Come on. Begin your day with these thoughts new. Amen. Knowingly Yours, Your Known Friend