The Choosing Quotes

“The truth is beautiful, like you. The truth is you have been made perfect and are wholly loved. Chosen simply because you breathe, because you exist, because of who created you.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“I believe the flower’s purpose is not to be beautiful; it is to grow. Many seeds shrivel in the ground, but this one grew, and therefore it has been picked already, it is chosen already, it is beautiful already.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“Fear is an illusion”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“You are the daughter of your Father, inheritor of the Earth, beautiful and blameless, chosen.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“Hear and believe, even in the storm. When it grows dark, find your song of truth, and then even in the darkness you will know who you are.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“What are we without belief, without purpose?”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“I know we are raised to believe that our lives are defined by being chosen or not being chosen, but I’m starting to think there’s another truth we’re missing”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“I believe that there is a perfect plan set before each of us, and when we follow that plan things work out exactly as they should. For example, many would not believe we were meant to be a part of each other’s paths, yet here we are”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“Beautiful. Worthy of the highest love. Powerful and perfect. Beautiful is my daughter.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“It is only by believing that you can save your life. Only when you believe in your true Father, only when you know who you are and who lives within you, can you be truly saved.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“Remember, we all have our place”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“What if I don’t want to be chosen?” “Hush! All girls want to be chosen. God commands it. Otherwise, you’ll live a life of solitude, never to be a wife or have children. Would you rather have that?” “But why do I have to work to be picked? Why can’t I just pick for myself without all this work?” “Because that is not the law.” “It’s a stupid law,” Carrington says under her breath. “Carrington Hale, you will not speak about the law this way. The law saved our race, our people. You wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for the Authority and the true law.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“Please don't let the thing He loves so much be fooled by darkness.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“No, I can’t say I don’t feel fear, but that’s because life is a series of forgetting and remembering. Only when I forget who I am does the fear invade. I just have to remember.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“Do you honestly believe that this is the life you were created to live? That this is the way your true Father intended for you to live? That your choices are invalid or that your worth is measurable?”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing