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A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2) by Sarah J. Maas – I honestly got stuck 2 chapters from the end because I knew it was all going to go terribly wrong. And it did! But this book gave me all the feels! I love this world, these
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“And if you see anyone in a trench coat, throw a cookie at them and run.” “I am not wasting cookies on criminals.” “That’s my girl.”
“This is why the Enemy wants you to think you have no song to write, no story to tell, no painting to paint. He wants to quiet you. So sing. Let the Word by which the Creator made you fill your imagination, guide your pen, lead you from note to note until a melody is strung together like a glimmering constellation in the clear sky. Love the Lord your God, and love your neighbor, too, by making worlds and works of beauty that blanket the earth like flowers. Let your homesickness keep you always from spiritual slumber. Remember that it is in the fellowship of saints, of friends and family, that your gift will grow best, and will find its best expression. And until the Kingdom comes in its fullness, bend your will to the joyful, tearful telling of its coming. Write about that. Write about that, and never stop.”
― Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
― Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
“Those of us who write, who sing, who paint, must remember that to a child a song may glow like a nightlight in a scary bedroom. It may be the only thing holding back the monsters. That story may be the only beautiful, true thing that makes it through all the ugliness of a little girl’s world to rest in her secret heart. May we take that seriously. It is our job, it is our ministry, it is the sword we swing in the Kingdom, to remind children that the good guys win, that the stories are true, and that a fool’s hope may be the best kind.”
― Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
― Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
“Cynicism dressed like a security guard, making me believe that if I hoped for less, it would protect me and prevent more pain.”
― Forgiving What You Can't Forget Bible Study Guide: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again
― Forgiving What You Can't Forget Bible Study Guide: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again
“Being in the same room with the MacDonald men was like standing in a demilitarized zone.”
― Five Days in Skye
― Five Days in Skye
“I have been told, both in approval and in accusation, that I seem to love all my characters. What I do in writing of any character is to try to enter into the mind, heart, and skin of a human being who is not myself. Whether this happens to be a man or a woman, old or young, with skin black or white, the primary challenge lies in making the jump itself. It is the act of a writer’s imagination that I set most high.”
― The Collected Stories
― The Collected Stories
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