#su

Should I have a doughnut or my disgusting cardboard?” asked Gwynn, as she drew up languidly before me at a study table in a bookstore on State Street, raising a puffed rice cake in the air. My eyes narrowed attentively at her face, but as I hesitated, she announced eagerly, “Disgusting cardboard it is! ↗

— Daniel Amory

#city #downtown #dream #food #law-school

Her gaze met his, her blue eyes filled with confusion and terror – and love. If Julian hadn’t already been in love with her, that would have done it. ↗

— Pamela Clare

#romance #romantic-suspense #love

God will never disappoint us… If deep in our hearts we suspect that God does not love us and cannot manage our affairs as well as we can, we certainly will not submit to His discipline. …To the unbeliever the fact of suffering only convinces him that God is not to be trusted, does not love us. To the believer, the opposite is true. ↗

— Elisabeth Elliot

#goodness #pain #suffering #trust #love

You can never be free of their criticism until you no longer seek their praise. ↗

— Dennis Ruane

#psychological #suspense #suspense

People don't need love. What they need is success in one form or another. It can be love but it needn't be. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#success #love

What about me? I love you so much... And I tried to make you go away... I killed you and it didn't help. And I hate it! I hate that it's so hard... and that you can hurt me so much. I know everything that you did, because you did it to me. Oh, God! I wish that I wished you dead. I don't. I can't. Strong is fighting! It's hard, and it's painful, and it's every day. It's what we have to do. And we can do it together. But if you're too much of a coward for that, then burn. If I can't convince you that you belong in this world, then I don't know what can. But do not expect me to watch. And don't expect me to mourn for you, because... ↗

— Joss Whedon

#buffy-summers #joss-whedon #season- #love

if i had to choose between breathing or loving you, i would say 'i love you' with my last breath ↗

— Shannon Dermott

#incubus #nephilim #paranormal-romance #succubus #love

This is what Jesus had in mind: folks coming together, forming close-knit communities and meeting each other's needs-- no kings, no major welfare systems, no presidents necessary. His is a theology and practice for the people of God, not a set of suggestions for empire. ↗

— Shane Claiborne

#jesus #need #politics #welfare #theology

Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering. The love of God is of a different nature altogether. It does not hate tragedy. It never denies reality. It stands in the very teeth of suffering. ↗

— Elisabeth Elliot

#love #love-of-god #suffering #imagination

A child’s imaginary playmate just might actually be there. ↗

— Doug Dillon

#imagination #inspiration #kids #metaphysical #paranormal