Shannan

“Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.”
― Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code

“The days are long, but the years are short.”
― Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project

“Work harder to appreciate your ordinary day.”
― Gretchen Rubin

“Grace, my friends, demands nothing from us but that we shall await it with confidence and acknowledge it in gratitude. Grace, brothers, makes no conditions and singles out none of us in particular; grace takes us all to its bosom and proclaims general amnesty. See! That which we have chosen is given us, and that which we have refused is, also and at the same time, granted us. Ay, that which we have rejected is poured upon us abundantly. For mercy and truth have met together, and righteousness and bliss have kissed one another!”
― Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen), Babette's Feast and Other Anecdotes of Destiny