“Jonathan had been around Washington long enough to know that no offer was exactly what it seemed.”

“He seemed to believe that indignation was a sufficient guardian.”

“The only way to prove his willingness to wait would be to wait.”

“He was vain and tended to surround himself with intellectual and moral pygmies.”

“He was the sort of man who only wanted to be told what he already assumed was true.”

“Our sense of history has grown dangerously thin, and our sense of proportion with it.”

“Sometimes resilience arrives in the moment you discover your own unshakeable goodness.”

“When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms.”

“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.”

“Jesus-shaped spirituality hears Jesus say "believe and repent," but the call that resonates most closely in the heart of a disciple is "follow me." The command to follow requires that we take a dai...”

“The engine that drives all your activities is hope. What you hope in shapes you.”

“I assumed my first undivided responsibility.”

“None of us can choose where we shall love...”

“There are so many men, all endlessly attempting to sweep me off my feet. And there is one of you, trying just the opposite. Making sure my feet are firm beneath me, lest I fall.”

“Whales feel cohesion, a sense of community, of loyalty. The distress call of a lone whale is enough to prompt its entire pod to rush to its side- a gesture that lands them nose to nose in the same ...”