Caitlin

“Power is what Satan offers us, whereas God keeps pointing out that we serve el best in our weakness, so that we can acknowledge that it is the Creator choosing to work through us, his fragile creatures. It is God who has made us, and not we ourselves. But because we enjoy feeling powerful, we accept Satan’s offers.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, And It Was Good: Reflections on Beginnings

“I shouldn’t have had to prove I was innocent—they were supposed to prove I was guilty—but not in this courtroom.”
― Anthony Ray Hinton, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

“Everything that we do either draws the Kingdom of love closer, or pushes it further off.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, And It Was Good: Reflections on Beginnings

“I was born with the same gift from God we are all born with—the impulse to reach out and lessen the suffering of another human being. It was a gift, and we each had a choice whether to use this gift or not.”
― Anthony Ray Hinton, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row