“ You're not my first. You don't deserve that category. Being first means others will come after you-that we will eventually end. And we don't. You're my last, because you never left. B. Stevens
“ Your job today is to pass gas. You do that and we can start feeding you liquids. No fart, no food. Khaled Hosseini
“ I will take you home, his lord had said. Home. He held to that word, as a man holds to a rope in a raging sea. Elizabeth A. Lynn
“ This life wasn't all there was; there was more, much more, and when people spoke of death as passing they were exactly right, because the spirit passed on to that other level of existence. Knowing tha… Linda Howard
“ It is not sufficient for artistic expressions to serve as "signposts declaring what it is to be fully human." They should impart a vision of what it can be to become divine. Ron Brackin
“ A lot of experiences that we have in the world are torn, broken, hard experiences, and in broken, difficult, lonesome experiences you earn a quality of light that is very precious. I often think of it… John O'Donohue
“ It was clear that the house was run on a certain system, of either great pomposity or great denial - it was too early for her to make up her mind about which one it was. Noorilhuda
“ And if redemption was self-serving, coming as it did ribbon-tied to what he wanted most in life? For once, Akiva's shame wouldn't rise to the bait. He wanted what he'd always wanted, and he'd better j… Laini Taylor
“ Life is, you know, but an idea. You can fill it up with anything really and deceive yourself into believing that is what you need. You can be happy, sad, benevolent, crafty, unpleasant. That man fille… Noorilhuda
“ No monster would hold the hurt I see in your eyes or carry the guilt you do every day. Katherine McIntyre
“ Redemption was asking too much, but he could hope. Something told him he’d still be seeking absolution when he took his last breath on some distant day. Kelly Moran
“ I spent the past two years fearing the worst, that I chose safe arms to hold me when his arms weren’t the arms I longed to be in, nor were they really safe. I thought it’s what I deserved. I thought I… Andrea Michelle
“ The machines of this place are failing, and the woman and I are here all alone. The perpetual motion engine, as brilliant and beautiful as it is, is running down—nothing lasts forever. But before this… Dexter Palmer
“ Brokenness to redemption, where mercy and grace kiss both sides of our face.Brokenness where we are split open.Redemption where God knits us back together.Mercy when we don't get the punishment we do… Lysa TerKeurst
“ I could shoot you in the foot.""Please do. At least then I wouldn't have to endure this sock humiliation any longer. Lisa Kessler
“ Words give inspiration, nothing more. You want redemption? The very thing you seek inspiration for? Fight for it like your life depended on it, because it always does. A.J. Darkholme
“ We have been redeemed from darkness to the light. So we must live as people of light! Lailah Gifty Akita
