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“A man can do worse than be poor. He can miss altogether the sight of the greatness of small things.”

“I thought an unimaginable thought of something I could almost imagine, of a sound I could not imagine but could almost hear: the outcry when a soul shakes off death at last and comes into Heaven. I don’t speak of this because I ‘know’ it. What I know is that shout of limitless joy, love unbound at last, our only native tongue.”

🥲🥲

“I can see how we grow up like crops of wheat and are harvested and carried away.”

“Her mother’s affliction was hardly less, and Elinor was the only one of the three, who seemed to consider the separation as any thing short of eternal.”

Ah, Austen’s wit 😂

“Lars forestalled questions about his behavior by making jokes - about how he would “get upset,” how he was too stubborn to take Elliot’s advice - in public places, where social norms made it likely that no one would question him. When no one reacted, it reinforced the idea that his behavior was normal.”

Ugh. I’ve seen this happen before, but couldn’t describe it so clearly.

“I have searched my heart on these matters, and no matter what arguments may be presented from the standpoint of ‘What will it lead to?’ I must, I simply MUST evaluate truth not by what it does but by what it IS.”

“Not all of motherhood is characterized by tenderness. In my worst moments, I will not be gentle. My children will drive me to love and madness. To become aware of these tensions - to look at them head-on with clarity of mind and calmness of heart in moments of reflection afforded by works of art - restores me to sanity and prepares me to encounter my child with more awe than anger.”

“When Christ died, nothing that could be seen or felt or done or taken got to speak life and death over you. What’s Wrong and What Happened didn’t get to decide what things were.”

“Forgiveness hopes that wrongdoers experience a good life, which is a life full of the mercy of God.”

“It is only now that Christ has given Himself to us by Suffering that we can trust Him with what Suffering has taken from us: our honor, strength, safety, security, our own sense of self.”

I am going to buy this book - it deserves to be reread. 😭

“Jane’s novels, in truth, are as revolutionary, at their heart, as anything that Wollstonecraft or Tom Paine wrote.”

Amen👏👏

“The train has gone without him. He has missed his connection. He has lost his ticket. But that does not matter. He will talk to the barmaid about the nature of human destiny.”

“All come to Jesus by faith. No one comes by formula.”