Robyn Carpenter

“She thought she had been saved by his love for her, and in part she had been. It had cleansed her, never casting blame. But that had been only the beginning. It was loving him in return that had brought her up out of the darkness.”
― Francine Rivers, Redeeming Love

“Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“It’s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“I believe we all serve someone in this life. For the first thirty-eight years of mine, I served myself. My conversion was not a highly emotional experience. It was a conscious, thought-out decision that changed my focus, my direction, my heart, my life.”
― Francine Rivers, Redeeming Love