As You Wish

“We’re responsible to help create a world that values questions more than answers, that celebrates learning and not just knowing, that sees failure as a part of the process of success.”
― Shauna Niequist, I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working

“You see, here is the Lady’s grace. It has been here all along. She has shown me Her grace in a drink of water when I was thirsty and bread when I was hungry and a bed when I was tired, not through miracles, but through the kindness of those who stood to gain nothing from helping me. It is through the hands of strangers that She has carried out Her will.”
― Margaret Rogerson, Vespertine

“Do you truly want my judgement?” I asked.
That caught his attention. His eyes grew clearer, sharper. I wondered if he realized he was awake, but his eyes held a fevered intensity that I doubted he would let me witness if he thought this was real instead of a dream.
“Yes,” he answered, very quietly, so quiet I could barely hear.
“You aren’t a good person, but I think that you could be if you tried. So perhaps you should try.”
For a long time, he didn’t respond. It wasn’t until I stood up to leave the room that he spoke.
“Thank you,” he said softly and seemed to mean it.”
― Margaret Rogerson, Vespertine

“In this life or the next, there is no end when there is love.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Zhara