Sarah

“But how do you know He *doesn't* want us to have it—the cross, I mean? I bet He’s just waiting for one of us to go and find it—just at this moment when it’s most needed. Just at this moment when everyone is forgetting it and chattering about the hypostatic union, there’s a solid chunk of wood waiting for them to have their silly heads knocked against. I’m going off to find it,”
― Evelyn Waugh, Helena

“She had often said she wanted to do something splendid, no matter how hard; and now she had her wish,--for what could be more beautiful than to devote her life to father and mother, trying to make home as happy to them as they had to her?”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women / Stage 3

“I’m on Aslan’s side even if there isn’t any Aslan to lead it. I’m going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn’t any Narnia.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)

“Oh God, we cry unto Thee, In the Name of Jesus, Through the Blood of Jesus, Through the most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Most wonderfully Thou canst help us. Holy God, Holy, strong God, Holy, immortal God, Have mercy on us!”
― Maria Augusta von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers