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“Even if you are half barnyard animal, you’re my best friend and I don’t want you to die!”
― Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson Demigod Collection

“How amazing that he brings life this way. Through pain and hurt and the ugly things inside us we try to keep hidden away. The things we don’t talk about. In that moment, as I looked at my little girl lying in my arms, I realized this whole process was such a striking picture of how Christ works in us. He takes our disappointments, rejections, and hard times, and he makes something beautiful. He creates life and shows us what beauty looks like in places where we look and see nothing.”
― Melanie Shankle, Sparkly Green Earrings

“In this household,” Father said, “God’s people are always welcome.”
― Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place

“We’re a team,” his dad repeated. “That’s what we’ve always said. This is how we survive, right? Together. It’s you and me against the world. But you shut me out on this one. And you let down the team.”
― Alan Gratz, Ground Zero