Christy

“So what did God say to me in the silence that morning? I’m not sure, but I think God said something like, Don’t try so hard, little child, and, Hey, check out this cool turtle I made.”
― Rachel Held Evans, A Year of Biblical Womanhood

“This is what God's kingdom is like: a bunch of outcasts and oddballs gathered at a table, not because they are rich or worthy or good, but because they are hungry, because they said yes. And there's always room for more.”
― Rachel Held Evans, Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman

“People think that dogs get the jobs because of their noses. They’re supposed to be super sniffers, right? And compared to humans they are. But that’s not the real reason. The real reason is because dogs will do what you tell them to do. A hearty “Good boy!” and a treat is all you need to get a dog to follow instructions. They’re so easy. Cats? Yeah, no. We’re gonna do what we’re gonna do. We have our pride. Unless you pull out that laser pointer. That’s just not playing fair. I don’t know why we can’t resist chasing the little red dot, but it’s magic. Some alien technology that”
― Chris Abernathy, Paw and Order