Marika

“You see, it is not just that he saved my life. He saved my very being. My hope. My...light." -Grandmere”
― R.J. Palacio, White Bird

“You see, Julian, it always takes courage to be kind. But in those days, when such kindness could cost you everything - your freedom, your life - Kindness becomes a miracle. It becomes that light in the darkness that Papa talked about, the very essence of our humanity. It is hope.”
― R.J. Palacio , White Bird

“Time passes. That is the only thing one can be sure of in life: Time does not stop. Not for anyone. Not for anything. Time marches on, oblivious to all.”
― R.J. Palacio, White Bird

“Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith. I don't agree at all. They are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the Passion of Christ”
― C.S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer