Aria Greendyk

“Because he talked so little, his words had a peculiar force; they were not worn dull from constant use.”
― Willa Cather, My Ántonia

“A gift, she thought again, placing her mittened hand lightly on his leg, a gift to be able to know someone for so many years.”
― Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge

“The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.”
― Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

“Only on love's terrible other side is found the place where lion and lamb abide."
'What's that?" he asked sharply.
"something of Mado's. Marguerite Dominique de la Valeur Renier." She drew out the syllables lovingly. "My husband's grandmother. Your great-great-grandmother. Love's terrible other side. The other side of the sun. You can't go around it, Theron. You have to go through it.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, The Other Side of the Sun