Jane

“MAY GOD GRANT YOU ALWAYS A SUNBEAM TO WARM YOU A MOONBEAM TO CHARM YOU A SHELTERING ANGEL SO NOTHING CAN HARM YOU LAUGHTER TO CHEER YOU FAITHFUL FRIENDS NEAR YOU AND WHENEVER YOU PRAY HEAVEN TO HEAR YOU.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Empty Nesters

“That’s a good idea,” Boudreaux said, catching Amelia glaring at him. “You stand in your house shoes out there in the flooded yard and start shooting your Taser around.” “You makin’ fun of me, then,” she said. “No, I’m simply pointing out a gaping flaw in your offense,” he said. “Stop talkin’ to her,” Amelia said, and Boudreaux winked at her, then gave Miss Evangeline a sly smile. “Smile at me again,” she said. “I come there and slap your head right off your neck.” Boudreaux”
― Dawn Lee McKenna, Landfall

“Hope could be, and often was, a dogged and deliberate choice when the world seemed dark. It depended not on a feeling about the way things were or the way they were moving, but on faith, faith in the One God. This God had made the world. This God had called Israel to be his people. The scriptures, not least the Psalms, had made it clear that this God could be trusted to sort things out in the end, to be true to his promises, to vindicate his people at last, even if it had to be on the other side of terrible suffering. “Hope” in this sense is not a feeling. It is a virtue. You have to practice it, like a difficult piece on the violin or a tricky shot at tennis. You practice the virtue of hope through worship and prayer, through invoking the One God, through reading and reimagining the scriptural story, and through consciously holding the unknown future within the unshakable divine promises.”
― N.T. Wright, Paul: A Biography

“But other people’s greed and corruption isn’t an excuse. It’s a personal choice. A decision to go down that road is usually made without consideration for how innocent people may be affected. The greed of big business and the attitude that corruption is acceptable because everyone’s doing it led to the economic collapse.” “From”
― Rayna Morgan, Murder at the Pier