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“believe that God protects me from nothing but sustains me in everything.”
― Gregory Boyle, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship

“My heart isn't breaking because I can't have you."

"Don't say that. I saw the way you were looking at me just now. We can quibble over the precise words to use. But don't tell me I haven't hurt you."

"My heart's not breaking because I can't have you," he insisted. "It's breaking because you think you're a hard thing, because you imagine that what I see in you is an illusion. It isn't.”
― Courtney Milan, The Countess Conspiracy

“In this cynical world, isn't there something wonderful about the pure, unbridled optimism of marriage? To stand up and say, 'Screw the odds, I'm pinning my colors to the mast, bright and bold,' because if you're going to commit to anything in this life, shouldn't it be love?”
― Sophie Cousens, Before I Do

“For the longest time, I thought the power of positive thinking would get me by. And it helps, that's for dang sure. But it takes more than thinking and hoping and wishing and praying. You need a whole lot of doing.”
― Julie Murphy, Puddin'