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“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

“Courage, dear heart.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

“Nothing is more dangerous, more compelling, more freeing, more radical, more real, more satisfying, more powerful than a person holding a smidgen of faith. A sincere faith in Jesus and all He wants to do around us wakes us up, rattles our lives, shifts every perspective, issues hope in pain, and ignites purpose.”
― Jennie Allen, Nothing to Prove: Why We Can Stop Trying So Hard

“What if the things that have caused the most hurt in your life became the birthplaces of your deepest passions?”
― Jennie Allen, Restless: Because You Were Made for More

“We can do one of two things with suffering: we can absorb it and let it change us, or we can let it crush us. Suffering will change you, or it will crush you.”
― Jennie Allen, Restless: Because You Were Made for More