sammu

“And I think he loves everyone, and he wants everyone to be okay, and I think almost everyone who is, like, earnestly seeking God—people aren’t seeking that out of ego; they’re looking for the meaning of life and they’re looking beyond themselves for it—and, I mean, I don’t know anything, except that I think God is the kind of guy who when someone dies, he’ll sit there and sift through every heartfelt thought, every drunken prayer, every desperate plea for help, every Mumford & Sons song that you’ve sung to look for a hint of a confession that you believe in him.”
― Jessa Hastings, The Conditions of Will

“Why are you smiling?” Takeru looked unsettled. “It’s complicated.” “It’s scary.”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“The rest of the world just disappears for you when you're reading, doesn't it?"
"Yes, thank God.”
― Lynn Painter, Fake Skating

“You can tell yourself you don’t even really want to be wanted by people like them anyway, but it isn’t true because the same way parents are supposed to want their kids, kids have a genetic predisposition to want to be wanted by them.”
― Jessa Hastings, The Conditions of Will