Jean Johnson

“People sometimes say that sorrow is mental but longing is physical. One is a wound, the other an amputated limb, a withered petal compared to a snapped stem. Anything that grows closely enough to what it loves will eventually share the same roots.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“The thing about hope is that it provides the motivation to try.”
― Joyce Maynard, The Best of Us

“Everything is permissible’—but not everything is beneficial” (1 Corinthians 10:23).”
― Lysa TerKeurst, I'll Start Again Monday: Break the Cycle of Unhealthy Eating Habits with Lasting Spiritual Satisfaction