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“Each relationship between two persons is absolutely unique. That is why you cannot love two people the same. It simply is not possible. You love each person differently because of who they are and the uniqueness that they draw out of you.”
― William P. Young, The Shack

“Don't ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak.”
― William P. Young, The Shack

“All I want from you is to trust me with what little you can, and grow in loving people around you with the same love I share with you. It's not your job to change them, or to convince them. You are free to love without an agenda.”
― Wm. Paul Young, The Shack

“Sometimes honesty can be incredibly messy”
― William P. Young, The Shack

“Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship.”
― Wm. Paul Young, The Shack

“Just because I work incredible good out of unspeakable tragedies doesn't mean I orchestrate the tragedies. Don't ever assume that my using something means I caused it or that I need it to accomplish my purposes. That will only lead you to false notions about me. Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.”
― William P. Young, The Shack

“So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it.”
― Wm. Paul Young, The Shack

“Love is not the limitation; love is the flying.”
― Wm. Paul Young, The Shack

“Authority, as you usually think of it, is merely the excuse the strong use to make others conform to what they want.”
― William P. Young, The Shack

“The soul is healed by being with children.
--Fyodor Dostoyevsky”
― Wm. Paul Young

“You don't play a game or color a picture with a child to show your superiority. Rather, you choose to limit yourself so as to facilitate and honor that relationship.”
― William P. Young, The Shack

“Paradigms power perceptions, perceptions power emotions.”
― William P. Young, The Shack

“You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but a the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.”
― Wm. Paul Young, The Shack