Kiss (2008) (edit title/settings)

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• Shauna McAllister: The protagonist.
• Landon McAllister: Shauna's father.
• Rudy McAllister: Shauna's brother, her main supporter. Her family (dad, step-mom) seem to care for him much more than her, and he was hurt in the accident, causing the start of the story.
• Uncle Trent: Uncle Trent is Shauna's uncle, her father's brother, who is there at the beginning to support Shauna.
• Wayne Spade: Before the accident Wayne and Shauna were "close", dating for a few months. He is her main sidekick throughout the story.

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• “Some fathers hope in the impossible, Sometimes it makes them better fathers.”

  Khai

• “It was like knowing you've been to a certain city but not remembering the reason for your visit. Or going in to work everyday but not being able to remember each hour in detail. Everything is familiar, but incomplete.”

  Miguel Lopez

• “Oh, I always win, We elders are always right.”

  Dr. Ayers

• “You choose pain- you choose to fight it, deny it, bury it - then yes the choice is always hard, But you choose perspective - embrace your history, give it credit for the better person it can make you, scars and all - the choice gets easier every time.”

  Dr. Ayers

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• The only things worth forgetting are the offenses others have caused us. Those will distract you from living.

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• Instead they told me that my past was not something God wanted to amputate. He wanted to cast a new light on it so that my life could have new meaning. He wanted to restore it so that it would become useful to him and to others. If I tried to deny that shadow in my life, the truth of it would be useful to no one.'

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• In the end, you can only determine whether to saturate your memories with pain or with perspective. Forgetting is not an option. I tell you the truth now: Pain was not God's plan for this life. It is a reality, but it is not part of the plan.'

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• 'When God's people were rescued from great suffering, he commanded them to remember it. He asked them to make altars and feast days and memorials so that they would not forget-not only their rescue, but what they were rescued from. And who rescued them.'

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• the wounds of rejection do not heal with time. They reopen at the lightest touch, as deep as the first time they were inflicted.

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• 'You choose pain-you choose to fight it, deny it, bury it-then yes, the choice is always hard. But you choose perspective-embrace your history, give it credit for the better person it can make you, scars and all-the choice gets easier every time.'

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• 'He wants you to remember who delivered you from that time, Shauna. That's the point of holding on to memory: delivery, not darkness.' 'Perspective, not pain,'

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• 'It's from the book of Romans. `Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future-'' Shauna hardly heard the rest. Neither the present nor the future. --will be able to separate us from the love of God.''

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Ted Dekker (Author)
2. Erin Healy (Author)

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• Library of Congress: PS3554.E43 K57 2008
• Dewey: 813.54

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While younger ages may be able to grasp and understand concepts, some imagery may be unappropriate.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Literature & Fiction › Fiction
• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Literature & Fiction › Mystery
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers

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