“I have to go, he said softly. But you should take a few minutes to fix your hair; its a real mess. And your face is all flushed. Maybe Im just not practiced in these sorts of things. For a long mom...”

“If youre in trouble, I swear I will never stop until I get to you, he called softly. Sage couldve pretended she was already gone, but she couldnt leave without answering. I know.”

“We don’t always like what’s good for us,” she said. “Especially at first.”

“I have to go,” he said softly. “But you should take a few minutes to fix your hair; it’s a real mess. And your face is all flushed.” “Maybe I’m just not practiced in these sorts of things.” For a l...”

“If you’re in trouble, I swear I will never stop until I get to you,” he called softly. Sage could’ve pretended she was already gone, but she couldn’t leave without answering. “I know.”

“Only super-efforts count.”

“I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.”

“That is what a well-guarded prayer life can reveal about us, that our trust is not in ourselves but in seeking God's strength for what we do. Prayer is not a substitute for action, but prayer under...”

“Liars don't lie to those who are innocent, they lie to those who know the truth”

“Long before morning I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a thing I'd always known. That all courage was a form of constancy. That it is always himself that the coward abandoned first. Aft...”

“The implied trust was humbling. He didn't deserve it, but then again, he wouldn't betray it either.”

“I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.”

“In his stupor, the forest had begun to change. The sounds were confusing, his eyes blurring in his exhaustion. He tugged another branch out of the way, gasping as a jagged twig poked through the pa...”

“Could be. Im a pretty dangerous dude when Im cornered.Yeah, said the voice from under the table, you go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel.”