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Eugene H. Peterson
“When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.”
Eugene Peterson

Henri J.M. Nouwen
“birthdays need to be celebrated. i think it is more important to celebrate a birthday than a successful exam or promotion or a victory. because to celebrate a birthday means to say to someone "thank you for being you".”
Henri J.M. Nouwen, Here and Now: Living in the Spirit

G.K. Chesterton
“Love is not blind; that is the last thing that it is. Love is bound; and the more it is bound the less it is blind.”
G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
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J.R.R. Tolkien
“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

J.R.R. Tolkien
“There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

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