Julie

“Pray.” “For what?” I asked. “That our house will never be broken into again?” “No. What happens to things is not important. Pray that your heart will be able to endure whatever happens to you in the future—your heart must continue to believe that the events in this world are not the be-all and end-all but simply transient unimportant variables. Beyond the everyday ins and outs of our lives, there is a greater purpose—a reason. Perhaps we don’t yet see or understand the reason—maybe our human minds are incapable of understanding fully—yet it all leads us to something greater nonetheless.”
― Matthew Quick, The Good Luck of Right Now

“Love isn’t always fireworks and rainbows. Mature love is quieter, but it’s there.”
― Kristina Riggle, The Whole Golden World

“But we can control ourselves—right now, in this moment. That’s something. Maybe it’s everything.”
― Therese Walsh, The Moon Sisters

“She could have made different choices, but all that mattered were the ones she’d made.”
― Leah Stewart, The History of Us: A Novel