#ch

Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences. ↗

— Josef Albers

#carries #colors #ground #hue #influences

The one encouragement we can always give our children (and one another) is that God is more powerful than our sin, and He's strong enough to make us want to do the right thing. ↗

— Elyse Fitzpatrick

#parenting #love

The death of a dream can in fact serve as the vehicle that endows it with new form, with reinvigorated substance, a fresh flow of ideas, and splendidly revitalized color. In short, the power of a certain kind of dream is such that death need not indicate finality at all but rather signify a metaphysical and metaphorical leap forward. ↗

— Aberjhani

#determination #dreams #inspiration #metaphysics #motivation

Seth was a wonderful kisser. He gave the kind of kisses that melted into your mouth and filled you with sweetness. They were like cotton candy. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#succubus-dreams #dreams

The girl dreams she is dangerously ill. Suddenly birds come out of her skin and cover her completely ... Swarms of gnats obscure the sun, the moon, and all the stars except one. That one start falls upon the dreamer. ↗

— C.G. Jung

#archetype #children #dreams #psychology #symbolism

I just want my kids to love who they are, have happy lives and find something they want to do and make peace with that. Your job as a parent is to give your kids not only the instincts and talents to survive, but help them enjoy their lives. ↗

— Susan Sarandon

#love

We’re seeking — imperfectly at every turn, no doubt — an incarnational theology, a theology that brings radical good news of great joy for all the people, good news that God loves the world and didn’t send Jesus to condemn it but to save it, good news that God’s wrath is not merely punitive but restorative, good news that the fire of God’s holiness is not bent on eternal torment but always works to purify and refine, good news that where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more. ↗

— Brian D. McLaren

#love

Wait", I say. "That's-you-what?" "That's what I love about working with you, Valchek. Your eloquence." "But -but- but-" "And your motorboat impressions." "Charlie, if you were there, why didn't you arrest him? ↗

— D.D. Barant

#jace-valchek #love

She held herself until the sobs of the child inside subsided entirely. I love you, she told herself. It will all be okay. ↗

— H. Raven Rose

#nurture #self-love #self-loving #love

Love- what is love? A great and aching heart; Wrung hands; and silence; and a long despair ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#love #love