Avery > Avery's Quotes

“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.”
― Phyllis Diller

“The most important aspects of our lives cannot be rushed. We cannot love, think, eat, laugh, or pray in a hurry...When we are in a hurry--which comes from overextension--we find ourselves unable to live with awareness and kindness.”
― James Bryan Smith, The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows

“Christianity doesn't answer all my questions or make me comfortable and happy. What it does do is give me a context for living.”
― James Bryan Smith, Rich Mullins: An Arrow Pointing to Heaven

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
― C.S. Lewis

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.”
― Ernest Hemingway