Søren Kierkegaard

It is only in love that the unequal can be made equal.

C.S. Lewis

In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity; I want other lights than my own to show all his facets. Now that Charles [Williams] is dead, I shall never again see Ronald [Tolkien’s] reaction to a specifically Charles joke. Far from having more of Ronald, having him 'to myself' now that Charles is away, I have less of Ronald.

Barbara's take on Julian of Norwich

"All will be well and all will be well and I ain't be trippin'."

At the Back of the North Wind

"Well we won't dispute about it," said Nanny: "you've got a tile loose, you know."
"Suppose I have," returned Diamond, " don't you see it may let in the moonlight, or the sunlight for that matter?"
"Perhaps yes, perhaps no," said Nanny.
"And you've got your dreams, too, Nanny."
"Yes, but I know they're dreams."
 "So do I.  But I know besides they are something more as well."

Hilarity

Sister to 6-year-old niece: Get used to disappointment.
Niece: Aunty Rachel's used to disappointment.

Malala Yousafzai

"We realize the importance of our voice when we are silenced"

James Patterson

"I'm comfortable in my own skin, but I'm certainly not impressed with myself."

G.K. Chesterton

If Syme had been able to see himself, he would have realised that he, too, seemed to be for the first time himself and no one else.

Lynne Hybels

I think this is what it means to be part of the human family & part of the Kingdom of God. It means standing by the hospital bed of a loved one, weeping & praying and doing what you can to help. It means reading about a war-torn country, or refugees, or victims of human trafficking, or urban gang members, or the working poor, or the neglected elderly, or victims of racial discrimination, or whatever & whoever breaks your heart, and weeping and praying and doing what you can to help.

Dee Parsons

[C]onfronted with sin in the world, we revert right back to God in punishment mode. Yep, Jesus forgave you but God is still really mad at you and He is going to get you. 

(From this somewhat dated but thought provoking blog post.)

Doctor Who

Sally Sparrow: I love old things. They make me feel sad.
Kathy Nightingale: What's good about sad?
Sally Sparrow: It's happy for deep people.

(From the episode "Blink".)

Wade Burleson

Only healthy Christians, those who see their basic needs are always met by Christ, can draw boundaries and enforce them with the love of Christ.

(From his blog.)

Søren Kierkegaard

Christian heroism, and indeed one perhaps sees little enough of that, is to risk unreservedly being oneself, an individual human being, this specific human being alone before God, alone in this enormous exertion and this enormous accountability.

George MacDonald

"Annihilation itself is no death to evil. Only good where evil was, is evil dead."

"To wait is harder than to run, and its meed is fuller. "

"Self-loathing is not sorrow. Yet it is good, for it marks a step in the way home, and in the father's arms the prodigal forgets the self he abominates.  Once with his father, he is to himself of no more account."

"God created me -- not out of Nothing, as say the unwise, but out of His own endless glory."

The Eagles

Don't let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy.

Definition of Worship

"Giving your heart to something for the promise of life." - Ransomed Heart Ministries

"Yes! I'll marry you!"

"For the first 24 hours after your anesthesia, refrain from drinking alcohol, driving a car, or making important decisions." - Vital Health Institute

George MacDonald

"You have tasted of death now," said the Old Man.  "Is it good?"
"It is good," said Mossy. "It is better than life."
"No," said the Old Man: "it is only more life."

The Decoy Bride

He's an emotionally retarded arty boy who's in love with another woman.  Of course I like him.

Jane Austen

The charm of an object to occupy the many vacancies of Harriet's mind was not to be talked away.  - Emma