#ty

We must hide our integrity, like we hide our love. ↗

— UR Ananthamurthy

#integrity #love

...surely by now you must know: It’s love; it’s love—but will there ever be good news?... ↗

— John Geddes

#love #uncertainty #unrequited #love

The moment sex ceases to be a servant it becomes a tyrant. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#homosexuality #love #romance #sex #love

Sometimes, I think it's like a fable," he said. "One powerful god released all the evil things on the world. Another god, a god of light, could not undo what the other god had done, but he could give us something to make life worth living. So he gave us love." "I'm working on it." He met her gaze. "Working on sharing with you. But I've been places where there are too many dead and I helped increase the body count. Each of those lives meant something to someone. And to the person themselves. But whatever lies beyond…You've helped me remember why it's worth fighting. Living. Even when the lines get so confusing you think you're losing your mind. ↗

— Joey W. Hill

#tyler #life

Seattle is for people who love culture, but refuse to sacrifice their wild nature to attain it. ↗

— Kimberly Kinrade

#culture-identity #seattle #truth #love

To grieve is to know you've loved. To love is to know you're human. ↗

— D.C. Akers

#humanity #love #love

Christianity happens when men and women accept with unwavering trust that their sins have been not only forgiven, but forgotten, washed away in the blood of the Lamb. Thus, my friend archbishop Joe Reia says, "A sad Christian is a phony Christian, and a guilty Christian is no Christian at all. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#forgiveness

You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you. ↗

— Max Lucado

#forgiveness #inspirational #forgiveness

Be sure that the ins and outs of your individuality are no mystery to Him; and one day they will no longer be a mystery to you...God will look to every soul like its first love because He is its first love. Your place in heaven will seem to be made for you and you alone, because you were made for it--made for it stitch by stitch as a glove is made for a hand. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#individuality #love #uniqueness #love

Give me excess of love, whatever it costs. We pay with our souls, and if we die with our souls intact we know we haven't loved enough. ↗

— Louise Carey

#love #souls #the-city-of-silk-and-steel #love