Jennifer Stucki

“Friendship arises out of mere Companionship when two or more of the companions discover that they have in common some insight or interest or even taste which the others do not share and which, till that moment, each believed to be his own unique treasure (or burden). The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, "What? You too? I thought I was the only one."
... It is when two such persons discover one another, when, whether with immense difficulties and semi-articulate fumblings or with what would seem to us amazing and elliptical speed, they share their vision - it is then that Friendship is born. And instantly they stand together in an immense solitude.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“American Christian nationalism uses Scripture to advocate for many great things like safety, belonging, and purpose, but it does so by twisting Scripture and arguing that because the ends are good, any means are acceptable. In this regard they advocate not for the way of Jesus, but for the modern political calculus of “the ends justify the means.”11”
― Caleb E. Campbell, Disarming Leviathan: Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor