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The air is thick with stuffy perfume and the smell of flowers. It’s perplexing to me that weddings also smell like funerals.
“There are some Questions, some battles, some Hiccups that are worth losing a world for. And perhaps even when all ends in disaster, you cannot do the wrong thing, if you do it out of love.”
― How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury
― How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury
“You don’t heal in a single moment. It’s day by day, a little at a time. The time it takes doesn’t mean God’s not healing you, or that you need to change tactics.”
― Martin Legacy
― Martin Legacy
“I am so often moved by souls whose first concern is not for their own lost years, but for the grief their passing will cause to those they love. It's more common than you might think. The most ordinary mortal bodies are housed by spectacular souls.”
― Lovely War
― Lovely War
“So what do you do on the days you can’t move on?”
Julie smiled, though it wobbled a little. “Trust God and try again tomorrow.”
― Martin Legacy
Julie smiled, though it wobbled a little. “Trust God and try again tomorrow.”
― Martin Legacy
“Maybe the song you’re writing is for one specific heartbroken soul who won’t be born for another four hundred years.”
― Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
― Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
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