Melissa Howe

“You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

“When we take ourselves too seriously, we are at the risk of taking other things, including God, too lightly,”
― James J. Martin, Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life

“People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is 'you're safe with me'- that's intimacy.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“Be truthful, say what you mean and mean what you say, don't ignore the given circumstances.”
― Lauren Graham, Someday, Someday, Maybe