“Ive married a man who is so afraid of living, hed rather destroy the very thing that makes him feel alive.”

“The Lord of my life, who calls me to be brave and walk into the unknown, amazing future. I am always awed by the wonder of you.”

“Youre treating your relationship with God like a fling. As it means nothing to Him and nothing to you. As if you can walk away from each other. But God doesnt operate that way.”

“You know enough of me to believe me when I say I am not going anywhere. Not without you. You stay, I stay. Youre not a fling, Amelia. For me, you are the reason to stop running.”

“Ive heard girls like it when you listen”

“I’ve married a man who is so afraid of living, he’d rather destroy the very thing that makes him feel alive.”

“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...”

“Of course it would be hard. But I remembered what my nurseryman grandfather used to say when I didnt want to go to school: half the work in the world was done by people who didnt feel so good today.”

“I've never minded it," he went on. "Being lost, that is. I had always thought one could not truly be lost if one knew one's own heart. But I fear I may be lost without knowing yours.”

“There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison”