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“Your dilemma may or may not have an immediate solution, but the blessings of the holy temple can strengthen you to reenter the world armed with inspiration and spiritual capacity, through the grace of Christ, to faithfully respond to the burdens you bear. ‘Go forth from this house armed with [God’s] power.’”

“Don’t flee from discomfort or think it erroneous. Like Jacob, wrestle with what God and His angels place in front of you. This wrestle will enable God to bless you to see Him more clearly.”

“It isn’t true that anything that causes discomfort is inherently incorrect or not from God. If it were, the pioneers wouldn’t have trekked to Utah, Abraham wouldn’t have offered Isaac, young men and women wouldn’t venture out to uncertain mission fields, and Jesus wouldn’t have atoned for us. The gospel is here to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, and the temple is no exception.”

“The Lord is the source of all wisdom. To gain wisdom ourselves requires us to ask him in faith, continually and sincerely, and let patience have her perfect work.”

“If we are lacking wisdom, we probably aren’t going to receive it overnight. We may receive direction for the next step in our journey, but only God sees the full terrain ahead, including dead ends, staggering inclines, precarious cliffs, and stunning vistas.”

“It’s fascinating how so much of love is about who YOU are with someone.”

“Let patience have her perfect work.”

“He shall consecrate thine afflictions for thy gain.”

“I have beheld as glory, and I am encircled about eternally in the arms of his love.”

“Those who receive His words “by [His] Spirit . . . can testify that [they] have heard [His] voice” (D&C 18:35–36). The promise of endowment—the power and capacity to enter the presence of God—is very similar. Through the ordinances of the endowment, God will indeed “unveil his face unto you,” but “it shall be in his own time, and in his own way, and according to his own will.””

“You too shall pass away. Knowing this, how can you quarrel?”

“There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.” - MLK Jr.

“Although suffering ourselves, we ease our pain by recognizing that others are also struggling and by seeking ways to comfort them.”

“Mormon repeats the phrase “and it came to pass” often. In other words, time passes— sometimes even a long, long time— yet each of us can still be found turned to the Lord, no matter what else may or may not happen.”

Slayyy railroad style apartment twins 😌

“If she moved out, she’d never be able to come home again.” Ouchie

“If you can’t find something exciting in Manhattan, you’re the problem. Even if you’ve walked the same block a thousand times, you’ll always find something new.” :,)

You’ve Got Mail x Notting Hill?? 🙂‍↕️

“In multiple ways, and for multiple reasons, life rarely turns out the way we expect—and maybe, just maybe, that’s a good thing.”

“In no other light could you have been more to me than a common acquaintance.” I’m gonna start using this one

“It is a truth universally acknowledged” UGH an iconic opening line

Yes, again!

“Families shrink and expand. All you can really do is be glad for it, glad for each other, for as long as you have each other.”

Peter’s mom drives me crazy. Stop putting your worries about your son on his girlfriend, wth?? Talk to your son???

TELLING HER TO BREAK UP W HIM IS INSANE

“My being charming, Harriet, is not quite enough to induce me to marry; I must find other people charming—one other person at least.” this made me giggle

“Only four-and-twenty. That is too young to settle.” Right on ✊🏼

“Perhaps it would’ve been better to pine than to mourn.”

I’m actually coming around the stream of consciousness writing style bc it’s exactly how I write in my journal

This book is NOTHING if not VIOLENTLY 2016. “Mason jars and gingham—but elegant” 🤢

“The secret of being miserable is having the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. Keep active. Keep busy.”