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“You can make anything by writing.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance, the only thing it cannot be is moderately important.”
― C.S. Lewis

“If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Nothing you have not given away will ever really be yours.”
― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

“The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.”
― C.S. Lewis

“She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
― C.S. Lewis

“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”
― C.S. Lewis

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
― C.S. Lewis

“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
― C.S. Lewis

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
― C.S. Lewis

“We meet no ordinary people in our lives.”
― C.S. Lewis; Inspirational Christian Library

“It was probably easier in the old days when the bad guys rode into town wearing black capes or whatever bad guys wore and the milk cows were ownded by honest people. Right off the bat, you'd know who you were dealing with. Now everybody dresses alike.”
― Joan Bauer, Hope Was Here

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

“It seemed to me that the people who made the rules of the road had figured out everything that would help a person drive safely right down to having a sign that tells you you're passing through a place where deer cross. Somebody should stick up some signs on the highway of life.

CAUTION: JERKS CROSSING.

Blinking yellow lights when you're about to to something stupid.

Stop signs in front of people who could hurt you.

Green lights shining when you're doing the right thing.

It would make the whole experience easier.”
― Joan Bauer, Rules of the Road

“Some things go too deep for words.”
― Joan Bauer, Rules of the Road

“...Difficult relationships come into our lives for a reason. No one would choose them, certainly. But if we let them, they can teach us how to be flexible with others and more forgiving.”
― Joan Bauer

“Staring down hard truth takes guts.”
― Joan Bauer, Hope Was Here

“And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You just have to try to be a true person. We learned that helping other people brings out the good in everybody.”
― Joan Bauer, Hope Was Here

“He stood up, put the tree back under the grow light. 'There. That's what's going to happen to us. It's called grafting. Taking something from one place and fixing it to another until they grow together. We didn't start from the same tree, but we're going to grow together like we did.”
― Joan Bauer, Hope Was Here

“We were having the best time working together, too, except when he'd make a mistake on an order and I'd have to be an advocate for my customer. I always mentioned it sweetly.
"You didn't say hold the bacon, Hope."
"Barverman, I said it twice."
"You must have said it to someone else."
"I said it to you."
Clang.
"Don't clang pots at me.”
― Joan Bauer, Hope Was Here

“I hope you'll have the kind of life where what you stand for is so important that it makes some people outright hostile. You won't know how strong your beliefs really are until you have to defend them.”
― Joan Bauer, Best Foot Forward

“I looked at her from the corner of my eye. Some people are hard to imagine as children.”
― Joan Bauer, Rules of the Road

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“How are we going to handle dating and the newspaper?"
He rubs the tension at the base of my neck. "I tell you what to do and you'll ignore me."
"So...like normal?"
"Yeah."
"Sounds good.”
― Jenny B. Jones, So Over My Head

“Family isn’t about genetics. It’s about the people who love you.”
― Jenny B. Jones, The Big Picture

“It isn't just the best things that come to an end, but also the worst.”
― Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World

“Love is like therapy, it only works when you believe in it.”
― Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World