Audrey

“Sometimes faith is simply choosing to live. Choosing to coexist with questions for which there will never be a satisfying explanation. Not in this life anyway.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does Is Love You

“Beyond the costs, significant though they are, if I quit now I know it will irk me every month when I see that retirement check deposited in my bank account. I know that I will look at that money and think 'I let them do this to me.' I'm not going to let these sons of bitches pick my pocket in retirement.

I keep thinking about the people who attacked not only me, but the books. They say it was for the first amendment. Well, I'm here for the first amendment too; we have that in common. They also say they did it to protect children. We've got that in common too. I'm all about protecting children and their right to information. If we can have a conversation and not a screaming match around these two foundational principles, there may be hope." Martha Hickson, a New Jersey high school librarian”
― Matt Eversmann, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

“God does not cause evil and suffering. But he can transform it. This is a phenomenally fine distinction, but one that matters. We live in a broken world. A world of accidents, unfairness, and sickness. A world of plane crashes and child abuse. A world of lying and manipulation and shallowness. A world that sometimes seems setup for the wicked to prosper, as Job 21:7 says. This is not the world God intended, or one that he will allow to persist forever. But while we are here, while he is working out a cosmic rescue and reconciliation that is far beyond our understanding, he promises to be present with us. He promises to make good out of bad. He promises to transform what is wrong, into something that is right. And that is an act of God.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does Is Love You

“Yeah, well, we're all strong-ass women until a smoke alarm starts chirping at three a.m. on a high ceiling and there's no one to hit it with a broom but you.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World