“into the most joyful places I could imagine. It sounds beautiful, adventurous, even romantic in ways, right? It is beautiful. And the crazy thing is, it is so simple. Don’t misunderstand; it is not easy. But it is simple in that each and every one of us was ultimately created to do the same thing. It will not look the same. It may take place in a foreign land or it may take place in your backyard, but I believe that we were each created to change the world for someone. To serve someone. To love someone the way Christ first loved us, to spread”
― Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption
― Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption
“AGAIN I’LL SAY IT: Life is a process in which you collect people and prune them when they stop working for you. The only exception to that rule is the friends you make in college.”
― Fleishman Is in Trouble
― Fleishman Is in Trouble
“Her dilemma—the eternal human dilemma—is that she wants a chance to revisit her choices with full knowledge of the future.”
― The Most Dangerous Thing
― The Most Dangerous Thing
“I'm not here to eliminate poverty, to eradicate disease, to put a stop to people abandoning babies. I'm just here to love.”
― Kisses from Katie
― Kisses from Katie
“A shared history does not entitle you to a future, my friend.”
― The Wrath and the Dawn
― The Wrath and the Dawn
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