“What is home? My favorite definition is "a safe place," a place where one is free from attack, a place where one experiences secure relationships and affirmation. It's a place where people share and understand each other. Its relationships are nurturing. The people in it do not need to be perfect; instead, they need to be honest, loving, supportive, recognizing a common humanity that makes all of us vulnerable.”
― Honey for a Child's Heart: The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life
― Honey for a Child's Heart: The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life
“Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.”
― The Shack
― The Shack
“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned.”
― Shield of Thunder
― Shield of Thunder
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