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Abigail McKenna
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She would do what she always did during social events: hide when she could and keep her mouth shut when she couldn’t. It wasn’t that she did not like people, or that she was particularly shy. But experience had proven that if Cassie found
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“The Shield Bug was happy. It had an enemy. It had a sword. Soon the sword would meet the enemy. Life was simple when you were a Shield Bug.”
― Magyk
― Magyk
“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
“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
“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
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