Andrew Barbin

“Nothing ever does half the good—perhaps nothing ever does half the evil—which is expected of it.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory

“In friendship, we think we have chosen our peers [...] but for a Christian there are, strictly speaking, no chances. A secret master of ceremonies has been at work. Christ, who said to the disciples, “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you,” can truly say to every group of Christian friends, “Ye have not chosen one another but I have chosen you for one another.”

Friendship is not a reward for our discriminating and good taste in finding one another out. It is the instrument by which God reveals to each of us the beauties of others.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“Having allowed oneself to drift, unresisting, unpraying, accepting every half-conscious solicitation from our desires, we reached a point where we no longer believed the Faith. Just in the same way, a jealous man, drifting and unresisting, reaches a point at which he believes lies about his best friend: a drunkard reaches a point at which (for the moment) he actually believes that another glass will do him no harm.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

“There's just this part of me that has to wallow, the part that cues up Les Miserables when I'm sad. I can't help it.”
― Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera