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“A book is like the best friend you can imagine. Once you read a book, it stays with you forever.”
― Jessica McCann, All Different Kinds of Free

“But our tiny home is so much more than its four ramshackle walls and lopsided roof would have you believe. Inside, it’s big, full of love. It’s a hospital where my babies can be born. It’s a schoolhouse where my children can learn. It’s a mansion where my husband and I can enjoy the riches of our life together.”
― Jessica McCann, All Different Kinds of Free

“One word
Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
That word is love.”
― Sophocles

“The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.”
― Joseph Joubert

“The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian makes me a different kind of woman.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me Be a Woman

“No company like good books, especially the book of God.”
― Mathew Henry

“Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching.”
― Joni Eareckson Tada

“Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.”
― Joni Eareckson Tada, When God Weeps Kit: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty

“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity”
― John Muir, Our National Parks

“There are some things we learn on stormy seas that we never learn on calm smooth waters. We don't look for storms but they will surely find us. The "God of the Storm" has something to teach us, and His love always drives His actions.”
― Danny L Deaubé

“No. I just love research and I remember most of what I read. Most kids watch superhero shows and wish to be the hero or the one who falls in love with the hero. Me? I always wanted to be the researcher who found out the key that solved the mystery. Like Alfred to Batman—”
― Tari Faris, Until I Met You