Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished

Let us be very sincere in our dealings with each other and have the courage to accept each other as we are.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

people who have been broken by suffering and sickness ask for only one thing: a heart that loves and commits itself to them, a heart full of hope for them."2

In order to be prepared to hope in what does not deceive, we must first lose hope in everything that deceives. —Georges Bernanos (in Reason for Being by Jacques Ellul)

Wounded people who have been broken by suffering and sickness ask for only one thing: a heart that loves and commits itself to them, a heart full of hope for them.

a suffering person needs: love, and not knowledge and wisdom.

To ache so deeply now for Nana gave the older woman's life profound meaning. It was a privilege to mourn such a loss because it meant you had loved and been loved.

God, what is going on? Why are You leaving me with the one man who has the power to break me?

That was something, wasn't it? Trust was a good place to start. Especially after the kind of betrayal she'd been through. It made him want to prove he was the kind of man she deserved. The kind of man who'd love her for better or worse. The kind who was faithful and true.

Sometimes family isn't the situation you're born into but the people who've chosen to love you along the way.

If by my life or death I can protect you, I will.