“And I know that God made the heart the most fragile and resilient of all organs, that a lifetime of joy and pain might be encased in one mortal chamber.”
―
Tosca Lee,
Havah: The Story of Eve
“How mighty, how great the One must be, I thought, to send the heavens careening, and yet hear the cry of a single heart.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“The words, when they came to my heart, were so gentle, and familiar -- and so very sad: What is this you have done?” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“I was beloved. I had been hoped for. Somehow, I was necessary.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“My purpose for living, my role in this great scheme was clear to me from the first: to fall down, to worship, to praise, to wait upon the word of El.""That sounds really boring.""Really? Imagine the bliss of fulfilling one's created purpose.” ― Tosca Lee, Demon
“I wanted to be alone with the One. The One who scaled then careened from the heights of the Mount. The One who raised up the man from the mud. The One who fashioned me from a part of the man and knew me more intimately than even the adam.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“You are necessary to that end, and to me...you are all I have of the garden. You are the image of me and of the One. And if you have wronged, then I have surely repaid your wrong twice over.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“My #1 rule is write like no one is ever going to read it. Why? Because it gives you permission to be as audacious as you want.” ― Tosca Lee
“A weak man declares a woman a temptress and orders her to cover herself. A strong man covers himself and says nothing.” ― Tosca Lee, The Legend of Sheba: Rise of a Queen
“Sometime before sleep it occurred to me that the true nature of being without might mean never knowing what one lacked.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“I have always contended that girls are the sturdier of the genders and wondered in secret if the One that Is might not best be identified with the creativity of the female heart.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“In the beginning there was God...but for me there was Adam.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“I slept in the grip of that love, comforted, thinking I should forget my longing within it, knowing that all was somehow well...In the morning when I stirred, I knew...I knew I lay here in my own flesh, but not alone.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“I felt laid bare, a fruit split open to reveal a moldering inside.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“I will protect you all the days of my life. You will be the mother of all who live and the giver of life to the seed spoken by the One -- the seed that will strike the offspring of the serpent. The One has said it, Isha...today I name you Havah, because you will live, and all who live will come from you, and you will give birth to hope.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“We longed for this world. We coveted it, and we hoped. Even Lucifer, though he wouldn't say it, looked on with greed-softened eyes, infatuated. I deluded myself into thinking that yes, perhaps Elohim had taken him back. Perhaps Elohim had forgotten all, would set him up as a god over this rich and wild new world. The next blessings to come from El would be his, and ours." He shook his head with a brittle laugh, the sound slightly too high-pitched for such a big man.We had skirted the MIT campus to arrive on Main, a block from my office building."And why weren't they? Why couldn't they be?"He pulled over, put the car in park, and turned to look at me."Because then he created them.""Them?""You.” ― Tosca Lee, Demon
“I stared. "But you're saying--""Yes, Clay" - her mouth smoothed into a chilly smile - "Image of El, breath of God. In such an unworthy vessel. Something far more precious than diamonds, denied even to us but entrusted to a container of mud.” ― Tosca Lee, Demon
“Yes, I call your beautiful world mutant and perverse. So would you if you had seen the original. If you had, you would know how far we've all veered, how like a cancer things have grown.” ― Tosca Lee, Demon
“Diranno che l’ho tradito, che ho ridotto il suo prezzo a trenta sicli d’argento. Diranno che sono avaro, che ho tradito il mio maestro. Non sanno che sono morto di crepacuore. Per il rammarico… Per amore. Se non conoscono me, non conoscevano neanche lui. Quanto ci ha sconvolti con la sua compassione, con la sua riluttanza a salvare un’intera nazione, ma con il desiderio di salvare le singole persone. Lo definivano un folle, un bugiardo. Ma ora so che era il volto di Dio, che non ci salva dai romani… Ma da noi stessiSono il lebbroso, l’indemoniato. Io, paralizzato dalla paura, ero cieco. La prostituta, il cadavere nella tomba. Io, sono tutto questo. Io, che l’ho rinnegato e l’ho consegnato ai nemici. Io, che muoio per lui. Il mio nome sarà per sempre sinonimo di “traditore”. Ma egli amava i suoi nemici. Egli mi amava.” ― Tosca Lee, L'uomo che tradì Gesù
“How mighty, how great the One must be, I thought, to send the heavens careening, and yet hear the cry of a single heart.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“The words, when they came to my heart, were so gentle, and familiar -- and so very sad: What is this you have done?” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“I was beloved. I had been hoped for. Somehow, I was necessary.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“My purpose for living, my role in this great scheme was clear to me from the first: to fall down, to worship, to praise, to wait upon the word of El.""That sounds really boring.""Really? Imagine the bliss of fulfilling one's created purpose.” ― Tosca Lee, Demon
“I wanted to be alone with the One. The One who scaled then careened from the heights of the Mount. The One who raised up the man from the mud. The One who fashioned me from a part of the man and knew me more intimately than even the adam.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“You are necessary to that end, and to me...you are all I have of the garden. You are the image of me and of the One. And if you have wronged, then I have surely repaid your wrong twice over.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“My #1 rule is write like no one is ever going to read it. Why? Because it gives you permission to be as audacious as you want.” ― Tosca Lee
“A weak man declares a woman a temptress and orders her to cover herself. A strong man covers himself and says nothing.” ― Tosca Lee, The Legend of Sheba: Rise of a Queen
“Sometime before sleep it occurred to me that the true nature of being without might mean never knowing what one lacked.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“I have always contended that girls are the sturdier of the genders and wondered in secret if the One that Is might not best be identified with the creativity of the female heart.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“In the beginning there was God...but for me there was Adam.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“I slept in the grip of that love, comforted, thinking I should forget my longing within it, knowing that all was somehow well...In the morning when I stirred, I knew...I knew I lay here in my own flesh, but not alone.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“I felt laid bare, a fruit split open to reveal a moldering inside.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“I will protect you all the days of my life. You will be the mother of all who live and the giver of life to the seed spoken by the One -- the seed that will strike the offspring of the serpent. The One has said it, Isha...today I name you Havah, because you will live, and all who live will come from you, and you will give birth to hope.” ― Tosca Lee, Havah: The Story of Eve
“We longed for this world. We coveted it, and we hoped. Even Lucifer, though he wouldn't say it, looked on with greed-softened eyes, infatuated. I deluded myself into thinking that yes, perhaps Elohim had taken him back. Perhaps Elohim had forgotten all, would set him up as a god over this rich and wild new world. The next blessings to come from El would be his, and ours." He shook his head with a brittle laugh, the sound slightly too high-pitched for such a big man.We had skirted the MIT campus to arrive on Main, a block from my office building."And why weren't they? Why couldn't they be?"He pulled over, put the car in park, and turned to look at me."Because then he created them.""Them?""You.” ― Tosca Lee, Demon
“I stared. "But you're saying--""Yes, Clay" - her mouth smoothed into a chilly smile - "Image of El, breath of God. In such an unworthy vessel. Something far more precious than diamonds, denied even to us but entrusted to a container of mud.” ― Tosca Lee, Demon
“Yes, I call your beautiful world mutant and perverse. So would you if you had seen the original. If you had, you would know how far we've all veered, how like a cancer things have grown.” ― Tosca Lee, Demon
“Diranno che l’ho tradito, che ho ridotto il suo prezzo a trenta sicli d’argento. Diranno che sono avaro, che ho tradito il mio maestro. Non sanno che sono morto di crepacuore. Per il rammarico… Per amore. Se non conoscono me, non conoscevano neanche lui. Quanto ci ha sconvolti con la sua compassione, con la sua riluttanza a salvare un’intera nazione, ma con il desiderio di salvare le singole persone. Lo definivano un folle, un bugiardo. Ma ora so che era il volto di Dio, che non ci salva dai romani… Ma da noi stessiSono il lebbroso, l’indemoniato. Io, paralizzato dalla paura, ero cieco. La prostituta, il cadavere nella tomba. Io, sono tutto questo. Io, che l’ho rinnegato e l’ho consegnato ai nemici. Io, che muoio per lui. Il mio nome sarà per sempre sinonimo di “traditore”. Ma egli amava i suoi nemici. Egli mi amava.” ― Tosca Lee, L'uomo che tradì Gesù
