Daniel Koen

“But expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“What the psalms offer us is a powerful aid to un-hide: to stand honestly before God without fear, to face one another vulnerably without shame, and to encounter life in the world without any of the secrets that would demean and distort our humanity”
― W. David O. Taylor, Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life

“Well, I myself find that respect is like manure. Use it where needed, and growth will flourish. Spread it on too thick, and things just start to smell.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“One could argue that all that really matters is that we learn to deal with where we are at any given moment, not where we were.”
― Christopher Paolini, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars