“Their wedding night was at a little hotel in Paris. There were walk up steps and a lovely view. And all was well for these two.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“There was no necessity for either to have the last word. For the first word became the only word of their romantic conversation.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“She saw the scarlet thread of her lips, the light in her eyes, the family through their love, their children running barefoot in a fresh field.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“The woman of her dreams went into her arms without shame or awkwardness as the boldness of Love overcame them both.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“It was a love that was not a contract but an affection of the soul.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“One day, all those who love in the society of Auld Lang Syne shall meet again. In the New City of the Burning Heart, there, the veil will drop. The arc of the seas shall finally know the skies. Day and night shall end. The clock tower will crumble. Time shall fly to the place of no more. For we were born for meaning. We were born to love. There, we shall all be together with all the lovelies ever known who chose mercy and kindness amidst the forget-me-nots and the countless stars.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“Be patient, child!” said the Music. “But she will forget me.” “Do not worry, child. I am there. I shall not forget.”And she stared out at the planets and gentle stars and the galaxies and became forlorn for she had known a special love.“The Universe is so large, just look at it!” she cried. “Believe.” The Music sang.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“There will always be trouble so there will always be a time for heroes”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“Heroes do not dwell in a time of peace; heroes are hardened in a kiln against the sorrows. Their troubles sharpen the blade and make it gleaming. The glint becomes a brightness that is raised high on a hill, allowing women and men to see beyond themselves. For light swallows darkness. Truth buries death. Heroes are not born. They are filled by Music.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“Oh come, ‘though you have broken your promises a hundred times…Come home, stranger and alien, come home to me….Come home, space traveler, lover of leaving for I am here…”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“The Music blows wherever Music pleases, you hear it’s sound, but you cannot tell where the Music comes from or where the Music is going.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“While the Holy Spirit is hidden, He is never, ever absent”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“Sometimes there were troubles but no one can be a hero without the heart being torn open.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“The marriage bond is more than a civil contract. It is a reward for loving well.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“He tossed a word like a ball, never letting it fall. Instead it swam in the air, without care, strung together with an art that came straight from his heart.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“In the river swam the gleaming fish, which were meant for water, just as humankind is meant for love.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“We love against the night, burning like stars against the darkness of bread and circuses.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“Tears are another river that takes us home. We become alive with tears. There isn’t a chance to return to sleep when we are weeping.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“For in the sorrow, there is also our happiness.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“I no longer belong to your ways. My religion is love. Every heart is my church.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“Somehow, the days of summer with their glimmering enchantment of dancing ladybugs and sailing clouds had faded into grey. Maddie’s heart had somehow faded with it.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“There is a river whose streams make glad the city of Love. Along that river is the tree of heaven.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“You are the apple of Love’s eye.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“Small as a pea. Wider than the sea. This is where you and I came to be.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“What are those glorious dots? Those, dear one, are forget-me-nots!”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“All bowmen are caught between heaven and earth, born to discovery, choosing to love and raise their eyes high to a future that is apparent only through the strength of their hope.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“The river was beautiful and wise. There were the two of them being happy in a new way. For here, there was no man, no woman, no master, no yellow, no black, no white. We, we who were, we are the same no longer.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“For happy are the merciful for they shall, too, know mercy.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“They would be a duet. They would be happy. What is happy, anyways?”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick
“Where they had once ambled alone, they now walked together home.”
— David Paul Kirkpatrick