"To some, the image of a pale body glimmering on a dark night whispers of defeat. What good is a God who does not control his Son's suffering? But another sound can be heard: the shout of a God crying out to human beings, "I LOVE YOU." Love was compressed for all history in that lonely figure on the cross, who said that he could call down angels at any moment on a rescue mission, but chose not to - because of us. At Calvary, God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice.


Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross. "
— Philip Yancey

"'Did you ever notice,'she said,'that everything good or interseting happens to Nancy Drew, and her friends just get the leftovers? If there's a statue or a painting or a lookalike person, it always looks like Nancy. It never looks like Bess or George.'
'And they never mention Bess without saying that she's 'pleasingly plump,' or George without saying that she's boyish and athletic and has short hair,' said Debbie. "Just so you don't forget that Nancy is the beautiful one with the perfect figure and the 'titan' hair.'
'What I want to know is, where does she find time to learn how to do so many things? You never see her practicing. If there's something she dosen't already know how to do, she's good at it right away. It's always harder for bess and George.'
'I's like to read a book about Bess and George solving a crime while Nancy is in the hospital with a broken leg.'
'Or off on a ski weekend with Ned.'
'She's good at skiing.'
'She's really, really good. She could probably be in the Olympics. Maybe she breaks her leg, though. An evil criminal rams her into a tree on the ski slope. And Bess and George solve the mystery without her.'
'Ned could help.'
'Maybe Hannah Gruen could still be in the story. She makes really good food.'
'She could help, too. They could all help. And they would find out that Nancy isin't the only one who can do things.'
'Meanwhile, in her hospital bed, in traction, Nancy is studying marine biology. And Norwegian.'
'And brain surgery.' "
— Criss Cross

"Our tendency in the midst of suffering is to turn on God. To get angry and bitter and shake our fist at the sky and say, "God, you don't know what it's like! You don't understand! You have no idea what I'm going through. You don't have a clue how much this hurts."

The cross is God's way of taking away all of our accusations, excuses, and arguments.

The cross is God taking on flesh and blood and saying, "Me too.""
— Rob Bell

"“Is it me or is it that every girl you love dies?” Inuyasha said.

“Not helping,” said Sokka wearily, “I just wish I knew what to do.”

“Go for the girl who’s living,” said Inuyasha.

“Look who’s talking,” Miroku mumbled.

“I heard that,” Inuyasha snapped.

“May I give my advice now?” Miroku asked.

“Fine,” said Inuyasha, “But when Sokka’s scarred for life, don’t come crying to me.”"
— IDK

"“WE’RE GOING TO DIE!?” Gus said.
“WE’RE GOING TO DIE!” Shawn confirmed.
“AHHHHHHHHH!” Gus screamed.
“AHHHHHHHHHHH!” Shawn screamed."
— Loyal Subject

"I kept asking myself if I felt different, if I was different. The answer was always yes. I was no longer nothing…
How odd, I thought; it had taken my mother’s death, Father Quinel’s murder, and the desire of others to kill me to claim a life of my own."
— Avi (Crispin: The Cross of Lead)

"...well, if women's work was never done, why trouble about how much of it wasn't being accomplished at any given moment?"
— Diana Gabaldon (The Fiery Cross)

""What is love? Love is not a warm feeling. John 3:16 says, 'for God so loved the world that He gae His only begotten son...' I seriously doubt Jesus had any warm feeling as he was being beaten, spit upon, and mocked on his way to the cross. Love is not a feeling. It is COMMITMENT.""
— Bro. Shawn Thomas (Pastor FBC Moss Bluff, LA)

"“Miroku, I don’t think he needs your advice,” said Inuyasha, “No need to corrupt his mind with your...ways.’ Inuyasha shuddered.
-Inuyasha"
— IDK

"You’re not likely to err by practicing too much of the cross."
— Alexander Whyte (Bunyan Characters)

""Done any more robberies?" he asked with a nervous grin.
"You look a right berk," I told him, ignoring his question. I'd learnt from Tam that cruelty was an effective method against sadness. I'd cried much less since I'd known her. "
— Helen Cross (My Summer of Love)

""Done any more robberies?" he asked with a nervous grin.
"You look a right berk," I told him, ignoring his question. I'd learnt from Tam that cruelty was an effective method against saddness. I'd cried much less since I'd known her. "
— Helen Cross (My Summer of Love)