Atonement Quotes Book Novels & Stories

I never did anything wrong and I know I’ll go to heaven. I remember I tried to please you and in the process I lost myself. I gave everyone everything I had and now I have nothing left. I have wanted to be dead for so long. I don't really know how I made it as far as this, becase i just think about being dead. I am never happy. Why did so many people lie to me. I wish I never told anyone I am gay. Why the fuck did I do that. Damion started this. I wish he was dead. I trusted him.

' And their voices became one cry. "–Hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven, give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us," She heard bells ring and believed someone had spotted the Athànatoi. "–And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from every evil,even this evil that is upon us, Lord. "For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory. Forever. Amen."

I was already dead, and even if I could hear him, I would not forgive him—no one would forgive a murderer. I sat quietly in the room, while Colin stayed by my bed, holding my hand as if he truly cherished it, not noticing the stink of death. On the other hand, I could feel how rotten everything had become. We sat there in silence until dawn. Colin's eyes were bloodshot, his stubble unkempt, his clothes wrinkled. He tightened his grip on my hand and said, "Norah! Don't worry! I will get revenge for you! I'll make them pay for everything they did to you!"

I certainly didn't look like your typical woman pushing forty coming to see her brother. Not that I was typical in anyway and nor for that matter was my brother Mark, as the two of us had not exactly had an easy path to where we are now. As I finished my little tour I sat back down and as was impossible not to do when visiting home I caught my mind drifting towards the past. Whenever I allow this to happen I am reminded of a quote from Milton's Paradise Lost: "Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light."

“Callum.” She stared at it. Then back at him. “I didn’t come here to be saved.” His smile didn’t waver. “Good. I’m not the saving kind.” She let out a breath she hadn’t realized she’d been holding. “You ever burn a Bible, Callum?” He raised an eyebrow. “Pages, yes. Covers take longer.” Eden’s laugh was unexpected. From the belly. From somewhere older than her pain. “I’ve got one in my trunk,” she said. “Leather-bound. Stained in all the right places.”

I shuddered as I watched Ace slowly rid himself of his shirt. Tattoos I hadn't noticed since seeing him came into view. It was everywhere on his skin, the suit did well in covering it. A dragon was running down his shoulder blade to his torso at his back. Both hands inked with tattoos I didn't quite catch. However, the one that caught my eye was a Bible quote running from his earlobe to the nape of his neck. “I can do all things to Christ who strengthens me.” the quote read. I didn't picture Ace to be a religious person or maybe it was just a daily quote. A mantra or something.

" Our Father, who are in heaven. "You're going to hell!" Said Zylah, freaking out." You can't keep praying for a God who has abandoned all of us. "Santified be your name," Anne continued, closing her eyes and squeezing the bible against her chest. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. "Holyshit" cursed Zylah." I'm nauseous. "Our bread...

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

I ask him warily because I fear his efforts would have been futile. "Let's head back. I will explain later. No one will be able to see that. You only saw it because you are part of me. That is called the Flame Of Atonement. No one evil will be able to stand its scorching heat. Let us go back to the villa. Our mate needs us." Emberwing responds and my heart is at ease. I know Athena needs me and I am more than willing to spend the few remaining hours with her before she heads to work.

I knew I had to be careful with whatever I thought of, whenever I found myself in her presence. “We are almost there, just a little more patience my dear Tonye…just a little patience.” She said as she squatted very near the wash hand basin and beckoned me to do the same. Right there under the wash hand basin, was another ‘blasphemous’ inscription: ‘Money answereth all things’ – Ecclesiastes 10:19. At that moment, the whole room, the presence of the goddess and everything in it seemed to weigh me down with a kind of force I couldn’t explain. It was too overwhelming to bear.