“Yeah, seeing her unsettled him, but it was her words that nearly took him apart. Because sometime after his heart started beating again, after he’d grabbed ahold of his emotions, she’d become the woman that, once upon a time, he’d fallen in love with.”

“It's a mother's greatest privilege to give birth, to raise a child. But a woman's greatest honor is to look at her son with pride and know that she's helped him become a man.”

“If you love someone, you don't act like they annoy you. You like them, and you try and make them think they're the most important person in the world to you.”

“I’ve heard girls like it when you listen”

“You know enough of me to believe me when I say I am not going anywhere. Not without you. You stay, I stay. You’re not a fling, Amelia. For me, you are the reason to stop running.”

“It’s not about how you feel. It’s about what you do.”

“You’re treating your relationship with God like a fling. As it means nothing to Him and nothing to you. As if you can walk away from each other. But God doesn’t operate that way.”

“The Lord of my life, who calls me to be brave and walk into the unknown, amazing future. I am always awed by the wonder of you.”

“It's because when God adopts you into His family, you belong to Him. He stamps His name on you. A name that comes with His protection. And His birthright, which is eternity and the power to live with joy on this earth.”

“I’ve married a man who is so afraid of living, he’d rather destroy the very thing that makes him feel alive.”

“Take a chance on God. After all, He took a chance on you.”