Tina

“When God created the world out of nothingness, the first thing He had to do was create existence—because nothing had ever existed before.”
― Manis Friedman, Creating a Life That Matters: How to Live and Love with Meaning and Purpose

“There’s a pervasive but false notion that marriage is a matter of give and take. No; there is no taking in marriage, only giving and receiving. To take from another human being is abusive. Nor is marriage about dividing everything equally, split right down the middle, whether with regard to possessions or shared responsibilities. That’s not a marriage, it’s a living arrangement.”
― Manis Friedman, Creating a Life That Matters: How to Live and Love with Meaning and Purpose

“This is also why when a person is down, we say find someone who has worse problems and help them instead.”
― Manis Friedman, Creating a Life That Matters: How to Live and Love with Meaning and Purpose

“You going to find a way, little one. I see it in you. You move like her. That way you swing your arms, the way you lean in when you run. Soon as you learned to walk, you moved like you knew how to fight.”
― Jesmyn Ward, Let Us Descend