Lauren

“I have no doubt that you will wish to know what the princess lived on, during the long years when the dragon did the cooking. My dear, she lived on her income, and that is a thing that a great many people would like to be able to do.”
― E. Nesbit, The Book of Dragons

“There are more than a million questions that I can’t answer even for myself. But this I can say with confidence—I am because God created me. He made me this wonderful way.”
― Thyra Ferré Björn, Mama's Way

“Almost felt you liked the Forest! That’s good! That’s uncommonly kind of you,’ said a strange voice. Turn round and let me have a look at your faces. I almost feel that I dislike you both, but do not let us be hasty. Turn around!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“This love disclosing itself was no cosmic Creator of a mechanistic universe, for the revelation was intimate, personal. Perhaps the assurance always has to be personal, revealed to the inner person alone, since only man sees other men en masse, whereas God insists on seeing us one by one, each a special case, each inestimably beloved for himself.”
― Catherine Marshall, Christy: A Historical Novel of Faith, Love, and Courage in the Smoky Mountains