Stacy

“We use a most unfortunate idiom when we say, of a lustful man prowling the streets, that he "wants a woman". Strictly speaking, a woman is just what he does not want. He wants a pleasure for which a woman happens to be the necessary piece of apparatus. How much he cares about the woman as such may be gauged by his attitude for her five minutes after fruition.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“What I resist is not the truth but when people put a pretty bow on scary things instead of saying, “This is a nightmare. I hate everything. I’m going to go hide in the garage”
― Anne Lamott, Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair

“You might not recognize yourself, but in God’s eyes you’re that same girl He’s been loving on since time began.”
― Kim Cash Tate, Though I Stumble

“Waiting with hope is very difficult, but true patience is expressed when we must even wait for hope. I will have reached the point of greatest strength once I have learned to wait for hope."
George Matheson”
― George Matheson