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“I was just telling Claire about a guy I met in bread class. I hate him, but he could be my soul mate.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

“The Gotham boys have a first baseman, Louis Gehrig, who is called the ‘Babe Ruth’ of the high schools,” wrote the Chicago Tribune.”
― Jonathan Eig, Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig

“Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.”
― Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

“Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same,” Dad said. “Fairness means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself. Do you understand?”
― Rick Riordan, The Kane Chronicles

“The down-and-out, who flocked to Jesus when he lived on earth, no longer feel welcome. How did Jesus, the only perfect person in history, manage to attract the notoriously imperfect? And what keeps us from following in his steps today?”
― Philip Yancey, The Jesus I Never Knew

“Suffering is not to be affirmed as God’s will, it is to be opposed in the name of love.”
― Derek Flood, Disarming Scripture: Cherry-Picking Liberals, Violence-Loving Conservatives, and Why We All Need to Learn to Read the Bible Like Jesus Did

“great love isn’t two people finding the perfect match in each other. Great love is two people making the choice to be a match. A”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“History. And from history came community. And community was something that spread out beyond itself, resulting in towns and nations. But it all began with family.”
― William Kent Krueger, Copper River

“the enchantment of error that you put on me I must wear forever in your eyes. We are not always what we seem, and hardly ever what we dream. Still”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

“What kind of woman is it who believes—who knows, for I saw her face—that she can cure wounds with a touch, and who weeps without tears?” Molly”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

“Any woman can weep without tears,” she answered over her shoulder, “and most can heal with their hands. It depends on the wound. She is a woman, Your Highness, and that’s riddle enough.”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

“When I married Humphrey I made up my mind to like sermons, and I set out by liking the end very much. That soon spread to the middle and the beginning, because I couldn't have the end without them.”
― George Eliot, Middlemarch

“I’ve learned that history is the autobiography of the historian, that ignoring the past is the act of a fool, and that loyalty does not mean falling into line, but stepping out of it for the people you love.”
― Annie Barrows, The Truth According to Us

“People come into our lives without our bidding, and stay without our invitation. They give us knowledge we do not seek, gifts we do not want. But we need them all the same.” She”
― Karen Engelmann, The Stockholm Octavo

“According to Gallup polls, more Americans will pray this week than will exercise, drive a car, have sex, or go to work. Nine in ten of us pray regularly, and three out of four claim to pray every day. To”
― Philip Yancey, Prayer

“Fear trumps reason then, and people find evil before they ever look for good.” She”
― Karen Engelmann, The Stockholm Octavo

“If we were perfect, the light he shines on us would just bounce right off. But the wrinkles, they catch the light. And the cracks, that’s how the light gets inside us. When I pray, Odie, I never pray for perfection. I pray for forgiveness, because it’s the one prayer I know will always be answered.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

“True love is the steadfast presence of your lover, the willingness to stick it out when things get rocky. It demonstrates love when no one else is looking. True love is wholly committed, costing the giver time and effort.”
― Karen Ehman, Keep Showing Up: How to Stay Crazy in Love When Your Love Drives You Crazy