Rachael

“What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked.
"A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

“For the word of the Lord is right, and all His work is done in truth. He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord” (Ps. 33:4–5). One of the definitions for this word full is “having no empty space.” It’s beautiful. The world has no empty spaces untouched by God’s goodness. That being the case, no one has to look far to find this treasure. But one may have to look differently.”
― Bill Johnson, God is Good: He's Better Than You Think

“I do not understand the mystery of grace -- only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us.”
― Anne Lamott

“The world's thy ship and not thy home.”
― Saint Therese of Lisieux