“God gives us encouragement from those who have gone before us. Sometimes it’s the only reason I can find for suffering. That perhaps my experiences with suffering will help someone else down the road.”
― Every Hour until Then
― Every Hour until Then
“But I think of life rather like a long road we walk in one direction. By and large a lonesome walk out in the wildness of hills and wind. Mountains. Snow. And sometimes there is someone to come along and walk with you for a stretch, and sometimes (this is what I’m getting to) sometimes you see in the distance some lights and it heartens you, the lone house or maybe a village and you come into the warmth of that stopover and go inside.”
― The Correspondent
― The Correspondent
“God doesn’t always give us what we want, but He never abandons us, and He desires for us to draw near to Him in both the good and the bad. He has a plan, even if I don’t understand it or see it clearly. I pray you cling to that truth, as well.”
― For a Lifetime
― For a Lifetime
“One should always help if one can,”
― The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau
― The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau
“Two paths leading to a love. Both true. A different shape of happiness to be found with each. Which path you take? Depends on many things. What you choose. What they choose. A thousand other decisions, or possibly very few. One you would love deeply. One you would love completely. One sharp as a knife. One a game of mirrors.One more difficult. One less free. Both inheritors to the line that refused to die when your first heart was buried.”
― The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 8
― The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 8
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