Hope

“The very sort of smile that makes decent folk want to slap Buddhist monks in the face,”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“Debt is so ingrained into our culture that most Americans cannot even envision a car without a payment, a house without a mortgage, a student without a loan, and credit without a card. We”
― Dave Ramsey, The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

“Rejection isn’t just an emotion we feel. It’s a message that’s sent to the core of who we are, causing us to believe lies about ourselves, others, and God. We connect an event from today to something harsh someone once said. That person’s line becomes a label. The label becomes a lie. And the lie becomes a liability in how we think about ourselves and interact in every future relationship.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely

“They say the best men are born out of their faults and that they often improve later on, more than if they'd never done anything wrong.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove