“Worse, you'll realize it's always been shifting.”
Source: House of Leaves: The Remastered Full-Color Edition
“Some things cannot be resolved, even after years and years. They simply are. They can't be made to unhappen; but they can't be kept either, framed or shrouded, unchanging.”
Source: The Quiet Voices
“That stress had felt so real, the choices so monumental. But ultimately, it was all opportunity. The chance had fallen into my lap, any outcome would have been okay.”
Source: Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
“The best way to change was to make changes.”
Source: Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
“Don’t just ask God to change the people and circumstances that irritate you; ask Him to change you and make you more tolerant.”
Source: Loving People Who Are Hard to Love: Transforming Your World by Learning to Love Unconditionally
“People cannot change other people, only God can truly change a person”
Source: Loving People Who Are Hard to Love: Transforming Your World by Learning to Love Unconditionally
“...most people in the ancient world, did not make a sharp distinction between myth and reality. The two were intimately tied together in their spiritual experience. That is to say, they were less interested in what actually happened, than in what it meant. It would have been perfectly normal, indeed expected, for a writer in the ancient world, to tell tales of gods and heroes, whose fundamental facts would have been recognized as false, but whose underlying message would have been seen as true.”
Source: Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
“Trying to change other people is hard labor and very frustrating because it never works, so why not enjoy the aspects that you can enjoy in people and leave the rest to God?”
Source: Loving People Who Are Hard to Love: Transforming Your World by Learning to Love Unconditionally
“It only ever took a moment for life to break apart at the seams.”
Source: Sorrowland
“We never know when we're sincere. Perhaps we never are. And even if we're sincere about something today, tomorrow we may be sincere about its complete opposite.”
Source: The Book of Disquiet