Jessica

“Don't worry, Belle. I know how painful it is to be judged by a construct of society that doesn't make sense and because of that, have to live with a painful secret. Neither of us has been able to live openly as our true selves, and I'm sorry for the role I played in threatening you and your hidden identity.”
― Marie Benedict,Victoria Christopher Murray

“Certainty's pitfall is that it can close us off from the views of other people, sometimes even to the point of being unable to listen to them.”
― Jacqueline A. Bussie, Outlaw Christian: Finding Authentic Faith by Breaking the 'Rules'

“When we are confident and secure, we are open to only one thing: ourselves.”
― Jacqueline A. Bussie, Outlaw Christian: Finding Authentic Faith by Breaking the 'Rules'

“when we suffer, he suffers with us. He didn’t create the evil that was done here. He gave us free will—the choice to love and nurture or to hate and destroy one another. Mankind has been getting it wrong since the dawn of time.”
― Lindsay Jayne Ashford, A Feather on the Water