Kate M.

“A god who listens is love. A god who speaks is law. At their worst, the people who want a god who listens are self-centered...And the ones who want a god who speaks are cruel. They just want laws and justice to crush everything...Love is empty without justice. Justice is cruel without love....God should be both. If a god isn't, that is no God.”
― Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

“if you grow up with any kind of sense - which you sometimes make me doubt - you will very likely reach your own conclusions. They will probably be wrong. However, since they will be yours, you will feel a little more satisfied with them.”
― Lloyd Alexander, The Book of Three

“That's easy for you to say! You're just a kid. You don't know what a rotten, horrible place this world can be. It can be so cold...so cruel...so unforgiving..."
"Papa...That's why we need to be good.”
― Dav Pilkey, Lord of the Fleas

“Faith and hope - that's all we're following. A little hope is better than a lot of courage. Bravery without hope is worthless, but with it, resolve can harden like the mountains, becoming unmoveable.”
― Daniel Richard Bowles, In the Wake of the Winged Guardians