I wanted to stay this way forever. Which, it turns out, was exactly five more minutes.

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

There are no coincidences.

Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice

Who can judge the judge?

I'll love you until the day after forever.

It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

the whole way down, I was only thinking one thing . . . L E N A

Every good thing comes to some kind of end, and then the really good things come to a beginning again.

Too often my solution is to let something die because I can’t keep it alive, when God’s solution is to let something live because His Son already died for it.

The Old Testament is full of poetry, prophecies, chronicles, documentations, storytelling, fairytales.

A sermon without Christ as its beginning, middle, and end is a mistake in conception, a crime in execution.

For the Earth is only an atom in the universe of worlds.

I like doing a challenging class because it makes me more brave in life. My perception of hardships is now completely different. I'm not whining and moaning inside as much.

Insanity is contagious.

When we don't ask for what we want and need, we discount ourselves.

The difference between them and us is that we want to check government spending and they want to spend government checks.

Real servants don't try to use God for their purposes. They let God use them for His purposes.