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God is not honored by groundless love. In fact, there is no such thing. If we do not know anything about God, there is nothing in our mind to awaken love. If love does not come from knowing God, there is no point in calling it love for God. ↗

— John Piper

#knowledge #love #thinking #life

But then you hear that he can't hear you, you see that he can't see you. You are not here--and you haven't even died yet. You see yourself through his eyes, as The Generic Woman, the skirted symbol on the ladies' room door. ↗

— Melissa Bank

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When we meet and I discover that we have read and loved the same books, we are instant friends. ↗

— Donalyn Miller

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Apologize quickly when you wrong someone, because I'm sorry has no value in the grave. ↗

— Lakesha Ruise

#love #peace #relationships #religion #love

Finally, her father spoke. “Are you sure? I mean, I don’t understand how this could have happened. She’s only fifteen; I didn’t even know she was sexually active.” Mallory’s father, normally in control, was on the verge of tears. He refused to look at his daughter, his little girl. As much as he had preached abstinence to her, he still kept a watchful eye over her, yet here they were, facing the unthinkable. He wanted to know when this happened, and with whom—but those questions would have to wait. ↗

— Tracy L. Darity

#relationships #social-issues #young-adult-fiction #love

And I see that not touching for so long was a drive to the beach with the windows rolled up so the waves feel that much colder. ↗

— Amy Hempel

#beach #love #touching #love

It’s sick how you can be intimate with someone one minute and then be furious with that same person the next. ↗

— Daria Snadowsky

#relationships #love

It is not opinions that man needs: it is TRUTH. It is not theology; it is God. It is not religion: it is Christ. It is not literature and science; but the knowledge of the free love of God in the gift of His only-begotten Son. ↗

— Horatius Bonar

#preaching #love

When you truly love someone, his/her weaknesses are not meant to be discussed with other people, they are meant to be understood by you. ↗

— Olaotan Fawehinmi

#marriage #olaotan-fawehinmi #relationship #understanding #weaknesses

There is an arch supported by four vast columns. Etched over hundreds and hundreds of yards of stone, furlongs of stone, there are names: "Who are these, these? The men who died in this battle?" "No. The lost, the ones they did not find. The others are in the cemeteries." "These are just the ... the unfound." When she could speak again. From the whole war?" The man shook his head. "Just these fields." Elizabeth sat on the steps. "No one told me. My God no one told me, ↗

— Sebastian Faulks

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