Barb Terpstra

“Synonyms know each other like old colleagues, like a set of friends who’ve seen the world together. They swap stories, reminisce about their origins and forget that though they are similar, they are entirely different, and though they share a certain set of attributes, one can never be the other. Because a quiet night is not the same as a silent one, a firm man is not the same as a steady one, and a bright light is not the same as a brilliant one because the way they wedge themselves into a sentence changes everything.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“The difference between
religion and the gospel is that God has said no to everybody, so that no one can boast before God.”
― Rutledge, Help My Unbelief

“Religion, being a human construct, allows
people to create a God after their own image instead of the other way round.”
― Rutledge, Help My Unbelief