i could go if i wantedshare the floorboards with someonein a place less haunted but i like it hereand i’m happy to stay in this mess on my ownin this home i have built for myself in my bones

And a beautiful world we live in, when it is possible, and when many other such things are possible, and not only possible, but done-- done, see you!-- under that sky there, every day.

It is a rather lamentable fact that few can call upon courage with the expediency they can fear.

If the mountain remains standing, it is useless to pray endlessly. God is waiting for you to do something yourself.

I like your glasses, ” he said. “I like your Simon Snow T-shirts. I like that you don’t smile at everyone, because then, when you smile at me... Cather.

To my horror principles have wormed their way into [the] fabric of my being.

Most of us would protest that of course we love our children without any strings attached. But what counts is how things look from the perspective of the children

I don't believe we can get very far, with leaders who write off half the nation as a bunch of victims who never take responsibility for their own lives.

People have to go through things in order to become the person they are today, and that's that.

If you don't like something don't do it, and if you're doing something then you better like it. It is as simple as that.

We know so little. Our judgment is so limited. We judge the Lord's ways from our own narrow view.